One Jump Ahead by Aladdin
Key: EmEm | Capo: 0fr |  Left-Handed 

    


Em            C7               B7
    One jump ahead of the breadline
Em             A9
    One swing ahead of the sword
G/D         D#7                      G Am  
    I steal only what I can't afford
  G/B    B    C#m7     Ddim7 B/D#
( That's Everything! )
Em           C7              B7
    One jump ahead of the law----men
Em                 A9
    That's all, and that's no joke
G/D                  D#7    D7      G     Am7 A#dim
    These guys don't appreciate I'm broke
Crowd:        
G/B D7    Cmaj7/D D7   G6/D G/D   G6/D G/D
Riffraff! Street  rat! Scoundrel! Take that!
Aladdin:
C/D  F7 Cmaj7/D D7  Gsus4       G
Just a  lit-----tle snack, guys
Crowd:        
F#m7    B7    Esus4 Em G/D   Em/D
Rip him open, take  it back, guys
Aladdin:      
C7
I can take a hint, gotta face the facts
F#7                     B7               
You're my only friend, Abu!
Crowd:        
Who?
Ladies:
Em                                   C7 B7
Oh it's sad Aladdin's hit the bottom
Em                            A9    G/B Cm A7/C#
He's become a one-man rise in crime
Dm
I'd blame parents except he hasn't got 'em
Aladdin:      
F#7
Gotta eat to live, gotta steal to eat
              B                      Dm             
Tell you all about it when I got the time!
    Fm    C#7              C7  
One jump ahead of the slow----pokes
    Fm    A#7              G#/D#  
One skip ahead of my doom
G#/D#           E7          D#7#5        G# A#m Bdim7 G#/C           
      Next time gonna use a nom de plume
C Dm7 D#dim7 C/E Fm 
Fm     Fm    C#7             C7
   One jump ahead of the hit----men
Fm               A#7      
        One hit ahead of the flock
G#/D#                E7             D#7       G#    A#m7 Bdim7 G#/C
        I think I'll take a stroll around the block
Crowd:     
C#/D# D#7    C#maj7/D# D#7  G#6/D# G#/D# G#6/D# G#/D#
Stop, thief! Van-------dal! Out----rage! Scan---dal!
Aladdin:   
C#/D# D#7 C#maj7/D# D#7 G#sus G#  G#
Let's not be        too hast--y
Lady:         
G7sus Gm7b5 C7sus C7   Fm     Fm/D#
Still I     think he's rather tasty
Aladdin:      
C#7
Gotta eat to live, gotta steal to eat
G7                  C7
Otherwise we'd get along
F#
Crowd:        
Wrong!
Aladdin:      
G#m           E7              D#7
    One jump ahead of the hoofbeats
                
​Vandal!​
G#m          C#7           
    One hop ahead of the hump
                
​Street rat!​
B/F#           G7           F#7
    One trick ahead of disaster
                
​Scoundrel!​
D#m7                    G#7
     They're quick, but I'm much faster
                
​Take that!​
F#7sus/C#            F#7sus               
          Here goes, better throw my hand in
                
Wish me happy landin'
                
All I gotta do is jump