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Framed - Ritchie Valens
Composers: Lieber, Stoller
Original key: G
From the album the best of Ritchie Valens.
  Typical riff repeated at beginning of every line of the verses: 
e|-G--------------|
B|---5---3-------|
G|---5---3h4-----|
D|-5---5-----5---|
A|---------------|
E|---------------|
The chorus.  R.V plays single chords, the backing guitar and bass changes to G on 'was' and the  D on 'never' 
[Verse 1]
  GI was walkin' down the street, mindin' my own affair
  GWhen two policemen grabbed me, unaware
  GHe says "Is your name Henry?" I says "Why sure"
  GHe says "You the boy I bin lookin' for"G7  
[Chorus]
N.C.         B9   C9    C9        C9        G   F#7   G7    G7  G7  
I was framed,      framed, I was blamed,     framed
Well, I Dnever knew    C#9nothD9in,   C7but I C7always get framed    F#7      G7Oh, framed
[Verse 2]
  GThey took him in the line up and let those bright lights shine,
  GThere was ten poor souls like me in that line
  GI knew I was a victim of someone's evil plan
  GWhen a stool pigeon walked in and says "G7That's your man"
[Chorus]
N.C.         B9                C9        G   F#7  G7  
I was framed,    framed, I was blamed,      oh framed, framed, framed
Well, I nDever knew C#9nothD9in,   C7but I always get Gframed     F#7     G7Oh, framed      
[Verse 3]
  GWell, the prosecutin' attorney started a'prosecutin' me
  GMan, that cat didn't give me the one, but the third degree
  GHe says "Where were you on the night of July 1953?"
  G"Man I was just home just a tweedly-dee"G7  
[Chorus] 
N.C.         B9               C9           G   F#7  G7  
I was framed     oh framed, I was blamed,    oh framed, framed, framed,
Well I Dnever knew C#9nothD9in,   C7but I C7always get Gframed     F#7     G7Oh, framed, Oh framed

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Framed

by Ritchie Valens

Lyrics & chords · Original key

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F#7

C#9

Framed - Ritchie Valens

Composers: Lieber, Stoller

Original key: G

From the album the best of Ritchie Valens.

Typical riff repeated at beginning of every line of the verses:

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

B|---5---3-------|

G|---5---3h4-----|

D|-5---5-----5---|

A|---------------|

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

The chorus. R.V plays single chords, the backing guitar and bass changes to G on 'was' and the D on 'never'

[Verse 1]

I was walkin' down the street, mindin' my own affair

When two policemen grabbed me, unaware

He says "Is your name Henry?" I says "Why sure"

G G7

He says "You the boy I bin lookin' for"

[Chorus]

B9 C9 C9 C9 G F#7 G7 G7 G7

N.C.

I was framed, framed, I was blamed, framed

D C#9 D9 C7 C7 F#7 G7

Well, I never knew nothin, but I always get framed Oh, framed

[Verse 2]

They took him in the line up and let those bright lights shine,

There was ten poor souls like me in that line

I knew I was a victim of someone's evil plan

G G7

When a stool pigeon walked in and says "That's your man"

[Chorus]

B9 C9 G F#7 G7

N.C.

I was framed, framed, I was blamed, oh framed, framed, framed

D C#9 D9 C7 G F#7 G7

Well, I never knew nothin, but I always get framed Oh, framed

[Verse 3]

Well, the prosecutin' attorney started a'prosecutin' me

Man, that cat didn't give me the one, but the third degree

He says "Where were you on the night of July 1953?"

G G7

"Man I was just home just a tweedly-dee"

[Chorus]

B9 C9 G F#7 G7

N.C.

I was framed oh framed, I was blamed, oh framed, framed, framed,

D C#9 D9 C7 C7 G F#7 G7

Well I never knew nothin, but I always get framed Oh, framed, Oh framed

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