Tonalidad: G major
Intro 1
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Em
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Verse 1
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Workin' out of homicide
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They told me Joe Vinelli died
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We'd been a team for seven years
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G
His widow wouldn't waste her tears
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Who'd done it? No one seemed to care
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Em
'Cause crooked cops
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foul up the air
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But since I worked so long with Joe
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Bm
I felt I had the right to know
Verse 2
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Bm
I found a club in Malibu
He'd gone when he felt
F#sus4
Bm
black and blue
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Twenty bucks in petty cash
Bm
The hat- check girl spilled
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Em
out some trash
Bm
In a tale I heard a name
Em
That rang a gong to save the
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Eb
game
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Eb
A congressman named Thollie Doakes
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Who had a place in Sherman Oaks
Verse 3
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Step softly gum shoe,
C#m
you're out of your class
C
You're trailing money,
Em
therefore then there's glass in the grass!
Am
C
Am
Brass knuckles won't help you when
Em
your hands ain't clean
Am
Rubber hoses,
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broken noses are a trench coat scene
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A
And you ain't dressed for this affair
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You're breathing rarefied air
A
Up through the luscious es
Verse 4
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A servant made me show
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my shield
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The congressman conversed with me
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He flashed his smile
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G
convincingly
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D
Dm
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He said he'd not a thing to hide
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D
Dm
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Which told me right away he lied
'Cause how could he af
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ford the rent
C#
Unless he's somewhat overspent?
Verse 5
Bm
And down the stairs he
F#m
Bm
missed his dose
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The kind that takes off
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ermine cloaks
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She'd left her furs upon
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Em
And slipped on angel lace instead
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Her husband left to get a drink
Em
Her eyes squared up the
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Eb
way I think
Dm
I figured Doakes had murdered
Eb
Joe
Bb
When blackmail for his needing go
Verse 6
F#m
Brass knuckles copper,
C#m
you're falling in love
C#dim
C
Em
You're near the rim of hell,
but you see heaven above!
Am
C
Brass knuckles won't fail you,
Am
Em
but the light touch will
Am
Pistol holder, chip on shoulder with
B
your guts set to spill
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A
You think that justice just owes you face
Em
D
Your brain is loaded with blanks
Verse 7
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heavenly
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She sank her body into me
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D
My double- breasted suit fit fine
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Her form aligned itself with mine
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I wonder I'd a nat ural brain
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Dm
I smelled the truth out clean and plain
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I'd have to take her
Fm
husband in that night
F#
I hoped he'd come
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Bm
without a fight
Verse 8
F#m
Bm
That's when the angel stole my gun
F#m
Bm
And said, "I hate to spoil your fun"
Then laughing,
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Bm
she explained to me
F#m
Em
The murderer was none but she
Bm
Em
A love affair with Joe went tired
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And six shots into him, she
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fired
The congressman,
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a jerk like me
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Had covered up to keep her free
Verse 9
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So goodbye shameless,
C#m
I'll aim for the chest
C#dim
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Em
The bullet hole that entered
near the top of your vest!
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You lost your heart already so
Em
you won't feel the pain
Am
Brass knuckles,
Em
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brass knuckles and a brass- headed brain
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Am
Take a breath, prepare to crash
You'll see a bright blinding flash!
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