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[Intro]
A7
[Verse 1]
A7Well I was walkin' down the street mindin' my own affairs
A7When two policemen come up from behind and grab me unawares
A7They said "You big bad Burton Cummings?", I said "Why sure!"
A7They said "You're the cat we been lookin' for!"
[Chorus]
Well, I was D7framed
Framed, framed, framed, I was A7blamed
A7Framed, framed, framed
Well I E7never do nothin'
D7But I always get A7framedE7  
[Verse 2]
A7Well they took me to the lineup and let those bright lights shine
A7There were six poor souls like me standin' up there in that line
A7The judge got a witness and got her way up on the witness stand
A7A woman jump up, start screamin' "That's your man!"
[Chorus]
I was D7framed
Framed, framed, framed, I was A7blamed
A7Framed, framed, framed
Well I E7never do nothin'
D7But I always get A7framedE7  
[Verse 3]
A7Well the prosecutin' attorney started prosecutin' me
A7Man, I mean that cat let loose and gave me the third degree
A7He says "Where were you on the night of July 16th, 1963?"
A7I said "I was cruisin'... just my sweetie and me..."
[Chorus]
I was D7framed
Framed, framed, framed, I was A7blamed
A7Framed, framed, framed
Well I E7never do nothin'
D7But I always get A7framedE7  
[Outro]
A7I get framed
A7I get set up
A7With circumstantial evidence
A7Innocent bystander, stand by me, I'm gonna need you
A7I got framed
A7I got framed
A7I got framed
A7Set up
A7With friends like that, I don't need no enemies

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Framed

by Burton Cummings

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[Intro]

[Verse 1]

Well I was walkin' down the street mindin' my own affairs

When two policemen come up from behind and grab me unawares

They said "You big bad Burton Cummings?", I said "Why sure!"

They said "You're the cat we been lookin' for!"

[Chorus]

Well, I was framed

Framed, framed, framed, I was blamed

Framed, framed, framed

Well I never do nothin'

D7 A7 E7

But I always get framed

[Verse 2]

Well they took me to the lineup and let those bright lights shine

There were six poor souls like me standin' up there in that line

The judge got a witness and got her way up on the witness stand

A woman jump up, start screamin' "That's your man!"

[Chorus]

I was framed

Framed, framed, framed, I was blamed

Framed, framed, framed

Well I never do nothin'

D7 A7 E7

But I always get framed

[Verse 3]

Well the prosecutin' attorney started prosecutin' me

Man, I mean that cat let loose and gave me the third degree

He says "Where were you on the night of July 16th, 1963?"

I said "I was cruisin'... just my sweetie and me..."

[Chorus]

I was framed

Framed, framed, framed, I was blamed

Framed, framed, framed

Well I never do nothin'

D7 A7 E7

But I always get framed

[Outro]

I get framed

I get set up

With circumstantial evidence

Innocent bystander, stand by me, I'm gonna need you

I got framed

Set up

With friends like that, I don't need no enemies

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