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[Intro]
(Bernie Rhodes knows; don't argue!)
e|--A---------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|
G|-----------------------------|
D|-----------------------------|
A|-----------------------------|
E|--5-3-0-3--5-5--5-3-3--0--3--| (x2)
[Verse 1]
AmWhy must you G#record my Amphone calls?
Are you planning a G#bootleg LAmP?
AmYou Said you've been G#threatened by Amgangsters
Now it's Dyou that's Cthreatening E7me.
[Verse 2]
AmCan't fight corG#ruption with Amcon tricks,
They use the law G#to commit Amcrime.
And I dread, dread to G#think, what the Amfuture will bring,
CWhen we're living in Ggangster E7time.
[Bridge]
e|--A---------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|
G|-----------------------------|
D|-----------------------------|
A|-----------------------------|
E|--5-3-0-3--5-5--5-3-3--0--3--| (x2)
[Solo]
(Guitar plays):
Am   G#   Am(x3), D   C  E7  
e|---------------------------------|
B|--5------------5-6-5-------------|
G|------8--5--8---------8-5-4-2-0--|
D|---------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------| (x3)
e|--5--5-5-5--5--5-8--8-8-8--8--8--|
B|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|
e|--12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12--|
B|---------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------|
[Verse 3]
AmDon't interG#rupt while I'm Amtalking,
Or they'll confiscate G#all your guiAmtars,
A catch 2G#2 says, if AmI sing the truth
c G  E7  
They won't make me an overnight star.
[Verse 4]
DoAmn't offer us G#legal protection,
They Amuse the law G#to commit crime.
And G#I dread, to thinAmk, what the future will bring,
When wCe're living in Greal gangster E7time.
[Outro]
e|--A---------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|
G|-----------------------------|
D|-----------------------------|
A|-----------------------------|
E|--5-3-0-3--5-5--5-3-3--0--3--| (x2)
A........................
CHORD DIAGRAMS:
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A Am G# D C E7 G
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