G/A(add2): 555433 Dm9: x5355x Am7 5x55555
Gm7: 3x33333 FM7: 1x2210 Em: 779987 Dm: 557765
Intro
[G/A(add2)] [Dm9] (4x)
Verse
[G/A(add2)] [Dm9]
See that black boy over there, runnin' scared
[G/A(add2)] [Dm9]
His ol' man's in a bottle
[G/A(add2)] [Dm9]
He done quit his 9 to 5 he drink full time
[G/A(add2)] [Dm9]
So now he's livin' in the bottle
[G/A(add2)] [Dm9]
See that black boy over there, runnin' scared
[G/A(add2)] [Dm9]
His ol' man got a problem and it's a bad one
[G/A(add2)] [Dm9]
Pawned off damn near everything, his ol'
[G/A(add2)]
Woman's weddin' ring for a bottle
Chorus
[Am7] [Gm7]
And don't you think it's a crime
[FM7] [Em] [Dm] [G/A(add2)] [Dm9]
When time after time, people in the bottle
Interlude
[G/A(add2)] Dm9
Verse
[G/A(add2)]
See that sista, sho wuz fine before she
[Dm9]
Started drinkin' wine
[G/A(add2)] [Dm9]
From the bottle
[G/A(add2)]
Said her ol' man committed a crime
[Dm9]
And he's doin' time
[G/A(add2)] [Dm9]
So now she's in the bottle
[G/A(add2)] [Dm9]
She's out there on the avenue, all by herself
[G/A(add2)] [Dm9]
Sho' needs help from the bottle
[A13]
Preacherman tried to help her out
[Dm9] [A13] [Dm9]
She cussed him out and hit him in the head with a bottle
Chorus
[Am7] [Gm7]
And don't you think it's a crime
[FM7] [Em] [Dm] [G/A(add2)] [Dm9]
When time after time, people in the bottle
Interlude
[G/A(add2)] [Dm9]
Verse
[G/A(add2)] [Dm9]
See that gent in the wrinkled suit
He done damn near blown his cool
[G/A(add2)] [Dm9]
To the bottle
[G/A(add2)] [Dm9]
He wuz a doctor helpin' young girls along
[G/A(add2)] [Dm9]
If they wuzn't too far gone to have problems
[G/A(add2)]
But defenders of the dollar eagle
[Dm9]
Said "What you doin', Doc, it ain't legal,"
[G/A(add2)] [Dm9]
And now he's in the bottle
[G/A(add2)]
Now we watch him everyday tryin' to
[Dm9]
Chase the pigeons away
[G/A(add2)] [Dm9]
From the bottle
Chorus
[Am7] [Gm7]
And don't you think it's a crime
[FM7] [Em] [Dm] [G/A(add2)] [Dm9]
When time after time, people in the bottle
Outro
[G/A(add2)] [Dm9]
