G C G I think I'm gonna call the police, I hear something upstairs G A7 D And I know good and well there ain't nothing good going on up there C G C There's probably ten or more of them sittin' all around G D G Smokin' that stuff and drinkin' that hard liquor down G C G I've been living in this city since the day I was born G A7 D And I've seen good times come and go and I've seen bad times drag on C G C I've seen white and black folks alike get treated just like sin G D C G And every year or so I see a new truck load of white trash movin' in C G When I was sixteen I had a little trouble with the law G A7 D He said "Boy come here" I said "Boy yourself I ain't done nothing wrong" C G C He grabbed me by the arm and he went upside my head G D C G Nobody saw nothing but I got a little spot where my hair ain't grown back yet Solo G C G I used to have me a woman and a pretty fine home G A7 D But it took so much to keep them both going I was always out and gone C G G I came home one afternoon to get me change of clothes G D C G Caught a quick walkin', slick talkin', guitar picker headin' out my back door C G Now I'm proud to say I ain't never been no violent man G A7 D But I'd sure be rotting in jail today if I'd had me a gun in my hand C G C I went inside and threw her clothes on the floor and laid a suitcase across the bed G C C G Not a word got spoke, not a lick got throwed and my woman ain't come back yet Solo G C G Now I live in this building with the punks and the freaks G A7 D And I don't do much of nothing except go to work, come home, and drink C G C So guitar man you done picked the wrong damn place to stay G C C G I'm a feeble old man, you're a young smart-ass and there's a lawman on his way
