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THE CRIMINAL KIND       –       Tom Petty
(Almost every chordchange is a slide except in the intro 
between '3 and 4' which is a bend / release)
Intro
   1   2     3   4  
e|---------------------------|-----------------------|
B|---------------------------|-----------------------|
G|-2-s-7---7-4-b-5-r-4-s-2-2-|---2-s-7-s-5-s-4-s-2-2-| 2x]
D|-2-s-7---7-4-b-5-r-4-s-2-2-|---2-s-7-s-5-s-4-s-2-2-|
A|-0~~~~~~0~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|-0~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|
E|---------------------------|-----------------------|
                    A*                      Asus2  
You got a criminal    mind 
                   A*                      Asus2  
You got criminal     looks  
                      C*                   Csus2  
Boy you better look     out  
                   A*                      Asus2  
You're gonna get     hooked  
                     A*                        Asus2  
Don't you ever feel    guilty  
                   A*                       Asus2  
When you come up     short  
                    C*                   Csus2  
Man you better be     careful  
                  A*                        Asus2  
You're gonna get    caught  
Chorus
'Cause you're the criminal     Dkind,
you're the criminal       Asus2kind
Man what you gonna     Ddo?
Where you gonna     E7hide?
They're callin' you a      D7sickness,
disease of the       Asus2mind
Man what you gonna        Csus2do?
                    intro theme                    
You're the criminal             kind
                     A*                        Asus2  
Don't you ever get     tired?  
                      A*                       Asus2  
Don't you ever wanna    quit?  
                       C*                    Csus2  
Yeah it's been a long     time,  
                     A*                       Asus2  
and you still don't     fit  
                 A*                         Asus2  
Dog tags on the     mirror,  
                     A*                        Asus2  
hangin' down from a    chain 
                 C*                   Csus2  
Give up little      sister,  
                   A*                         Asus2  
this ain't gonna     change  
Chorus
'Cause you're the criminal     Dkind,
you're the criminal       Asus2kind
Man what you gonna     Ddo?
Where you gonna     E7hide?
They're callin' you a      D7sickness,
disease of the       Asus2mind
Man what you gonna        Csus2do?
                     intro theme                    
You're the criminal             kind
Inter
Yeah, and that     E7little girl you used to know
   E7Just don't come around no more
Now     E7she ain't there to watch the door
E7                                       intro theme  
   She don't wanna die in no liquor store 
Break
 D-  Asus2-  D-  E-  D-  Asus2-  Csus2- thema intro 
                     A*                        Asus2  
I hope they all made    money   , 
                     A*                       Asus2  
I hope they all get     rich  
                        C*                   Csus2  
Yeah, I hope they give     hell   ,
                    A*                        Asus2  
to every son-of-a-     bitch  
                      A*                        Asus2  
That put a man on the     carpet  
                          A*                        Asus2  
Or stuck him out on the     line  
                        C*                    Csus2  
Whoever let him get a     taste,
                intro theme                        
of the criminal              life 
Outro   variations on the intro-theme and fade  

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The Criminal Kind

by Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers

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Asus2

Csus2

THE CRIMINAL KIND – Tom Petty

(Almost every chordchange is a slide except in the intro

between '3 and 4' which is a bend / release)

Intro

1 2 3 4

e|---------------------------|-----------------------|

B|---------------------------|-----------------------|

G|-2-s-7---7-4-b-5-r-4-s-2-2-|---2-s-7-s-5-s-4-s-2-2-| 2x]

D|-2-s-7---7-4-b-5-r-4-s-2-2-|---2-s-7-s-5-s-4-s-2-2-|

A|-0~~~~~~0~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|-0~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|

E|---------------------------|-----------------------|

A Asus2

You got a criminal mind

A Asus2

You got criminal looks

C Csus2

Boy you better look out

A Asus2

You're gonna get hooked

A Asus2

Don't you ever feel guilty

A Asus2

When you come up short

C Csus2

Man you better be careful

A Asus2

You're gonna get caught

Chorus

'Cause you're the criminal kind,

Asus2

you're the criminal kind

Man what you gonna do?

Where you gonna hide?

They're callin' you a sickness,

Asus2

disease of the mind

Csus2

Man what you gonna do?

intro theme

You're the criminal kind

A Asus2

Don't you ever get tired?

A Asus2

Don't you ever wanna quit?

C Csus2

Yeah it's been a long time,

A Asus2

and you still don't fit

A Asus2

Dog tags on the mirror,

A Asus2

hangin' down from a chain

C Csus2

Give up little sister,

A Asus2

this ain't gonna change

Chorus

'Cause you're the criminal kind,

Asus2

you're the criminal kind

Man what you gonna do?

Where you gonna hide?

They're callin' you a sickness,

Asus2

disease of the mind

Csus2

Man what you gonna do?

intro theme

You're the criminal kind

Inter

Yeah, and that little girl you used to know

Just don't come around no more

Now she ain't there to watch the door

E7 intro theme

She don't wanna die in no liquor store

Break

D Asus2 D E D Asus2 Csus2

- - - - - - - thema intro

A Asus2

I hope they all made money ,

A Asus2

I hope they all get rich

C Csus2

Yeah, I hope they give hell ,

A Asus2

to every son-of-a- bitch

A Asus2

That put a man on the carpet

A Asus2

Or stuck him out on the line

C Csus2

Whoever let him get a taste,

intro theme

of the criminal life

Outro variations on the intro-theme and fade

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