GCG
I think I'm gonna call the police, I hear something upstairs
GA7D
And I know good and well there ain't nothing good going on up there
CGC
There's probably ten or more of them sittin' all around
GDG
Smokin' that stuff and drinkin' that hard liquor down
GCG
I've been living in this city since the day I was born
GA7D
And I've seen good times come and go and I've seen bad times drag on
CGC
I've seen white and black folks alike get treated just like sin
GDCG
And every year or so I see a new truck load of white trash movin' in
CG
When I was sixteen I had a little trouble with the law
GA7D
He said "Boy come here" I said "Boy yourself I ain't done nothing wrong"
CGC
He grabbed me by the arm and he went upside my head
GDCG
Nobody saw nothing but I got a little spot where my hair ain't grown back yet
Solo
GCG
I used to have me a woman and a pretty fine home
GA7D
But it took so much to keep them both going I was always out and gone
CGG
I came home one afternoon to get me change of clothes
GDCG
Caught a quick walkin', slick talkin', guitar picker headin' out my back door
CG
Now I'm proud to say I ain't never been no violent man
GA7D
But I'd sure be rotting in jail today if I'd had me a gun in my hand
CGC
I went inside and threw her clothes on the floor and laid a suitcase across the bed
GCCG
Not a word got spoke, not a lick got throwed and my woman ain't come back yet
Solo
GCG
Now I live in this building with the punks and the freaks
GA7D
And I don't do much of nothing except go to work, come home, and drink
CGC
So guitar man you done picked the wrong damn place to stay
GCCG
I'm a feeble old man, you're a young smart-ass and there's a lawman on his way
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