Gunship Politico

[C#]If you skirt disaster
[Ab]On the day they told her
[Eb]But she want to stay, stay

[Fm]And the ones that saw you
[C#]Witnesses of Goya
[Ab]Elected to serve ya
[Eb]'Till your dying day

Fm (Full Barre Chord)
'Till your dying day
[C#]I hope you d[Ab]on't get what [Eb]you're after

[Bbm]To whom it may concern
[Eb]I'm writing on behalf of a brother
[Fm]Twice burned

[Fm]  [Eb]  [Fm]

[Eb]I know you be reaching your time

[Fm]  [Eb]  [Fm]

[Eb]Just a product of your mind

[Ab]But when you continue to let loose on a running man
[Eb]You send him crashing to the edge of the pavement
[Fm]You're doing something you don't quite understand
[Bb]Making like he[C]'s a lesser man

[Ab]So be gone be gone to plea
[Eb]You got your vehicle to ride on
[Fm]Off to the commissioner as fast as you can
[Bb]With your smoking[C] gun in hand

In your
[Fm]Gunship gunship
[C#]Gunship politico
[Ab]I hope you don't get what you're after
[Eb]In your
[Fm]Gunship gunship
[C#]Gunship politico
[Ab]I hope you don't get what you're after
[Eb]In your
[Bbm]Gunship gunship
[C#]Gunship gunship
[Eb]In your
[Fm]Gunship gunship
[C#]Gunship gunship
[Ab]           [Eb]

[Bbm]Six men on their knees eyes shinin' in the high beams of the searchlight
[Bbm]Cop's shadows on the wa[Fm]ll several stories ta[C#]ll instilling whoa such a fright
[Bbm]One's kicked in the gut; he's all cut up by the corner cop
[Bbm]One stands in defe[Fm]nse in a broken sent[C#]ence
Asks not to be shot

[Ab]If you please
[Eb]You men of authority
[Fm]We do not speak your language see
[C#]Please act accordingly

[Fm]'Cause he wasn't beggin'
[C#]He was just keeping time with his cup
[Ab]You go on and believe that
[Eb]You keep your eyes straight up
[Fm]I was just looking
[C#]I had no intention to touch
[Ab]But I know when I'm not welcome
[Eb]So I thank you very much.

[Fm]See a, see a, see the women there demonstrate
[C#]See a, see a, see them know but they will not say
[Ab]See a, see a, see them set the trial date
[Eb]See a, see a, see the confidence on the DA's face

[Fm]Watch out for them politicos
[C#]Watch out for them politicos
[Ab]Watch out for them politicos
[Eb]Watch out for them politicos

[Fm]Don't mess mess with the down downpresser way
[C#]They got it down pat; they got it down to a tee
[Ab]No one gets through the lockstep jaw
[Eb]You ain't guilty but you did get caught
[Fm]So for lack for a better suspect we nominate you
[C#]To ride this one out, to see this one through
[Eb]
    [A]      [A]
    [A]      [A]

[Fm]Arms thrown up in a ever fearful protest
[C#]As if the firing squad would ever think to notice
[Ab]As if he could summon the likes of Moses
[Eb]To put blood back in his friend's veins

Fm   (Power Chords)
And if you're one step faster
[C#]You can skirt disaster
[Ab]But if it's not you, it'll be the next guy
[Eb]Who's the wrong color at the wrong time

Fm     (Full Barre Chords)
Another day's over and the decision still stands
[C#]His honor in his chambers still washing his hands
[Ab]You know he's been fiddling in his room all day
[Eb]Just trying to wash all his conscience away

[Fm]No one's asking for hangman's tree
[C#]They just looking for something true to believe
[Ab]
    [A]      [A]
[Eb]See them know but they will not say

[Fm]He wasn't begging he was just keeping time with his cup
[C#]He wasn't begging he was just keeping time with his cup
[Ab]He wasn't begging he was just keeping time with his cup
[Eb]You go on and believe that, You keep your eyes straight up

[Fm]'Cause I was just looking I had no intention to touch
[C#]I was just looking, I had no intention to touch
[Ab]I was just looking, I had no intention to touch
[Eb]And I know when I'm not welcome so I thank you very [Fm]much