Tonart: G major
Intro 1
F#
G#m
A
F#
A
F#
C#m
A
F#
A
F#m
B
Verse 1
F#m
B
Workin' out of homicide
F#m
B
They told me Joe Vinelli died
F#m
B
We'd been a team for seven years
F#m
E
His widow wouldn't waste her tears
C#m
Bm
Who'd done it? No one seemed to care
E
C#m
'Cause crooked cops
Bm
D#
foul up the air
Dm
D#
But since I worked so long with Joe
A#
G#m
I felt I had the right to know
Verse 2
D#m
G#m
I found a club in Malibu
He'd gone when he felt
D#sus4
G#m
black and blue
D#m
Twenty bucks in petty cash
G#m
The hat- check girl spilled
D#m
C#m
out some trash
G#m
In a tale I heard a name
C#m
That rang a gong to save the
G#m
C
game
Bm
C
A congressman named Thollie Doakes
G
Who had a place in Sherman Oaks
Verse 3
D#m
Step softly gum shoe,
A#m
you're out of your class
C#m
therefore then there's glass in the grass!
F#m
A
F#m
Brass knuckles won't help you when
C#m
your hands ain't clean
G#
broken noses are a trench coat scene
C#m
F#
And you ain't dressed for this affair
B
You're breathing rarefied air
F#
Up through the luscious es
Verse 4
F#m
F#
F#m
A servant made me show
B
my shield
F#
F#m
The congressman conversed with me
F#
F#m
E
convincingly
G#m
B
Bm
E
He said he'd not a thing to hide
G#m
B
Bm
D#
Which told me right away he lied
'Cause how could he af
Dm
D#
ford the rent
A#
Unless he's somewhat overspent?
Verse 5
G#m
And down the stairs he
D#m
G#m
missed his dose
D#m
The kind that takes off
D#m
She'd left her furs upon
D#m
C#m
And slipped on angel lace instead
G#m
Her husband left to get a drink
C#m
Her eyes squared up the
G#m
C
way I think
Bm
I figured Doakes had murdered
C
Joe
G
When blackmail for his needing go
Verse 6
D#m
Brass knuckles copper,
A#m
you're falling in love
A#dim
A
C#m
You're near the rim of hell,
but you see heaven above!
F#m
A
Brass knuckles won't fail you,
F#m
C#m
but the light touch will
F#m
Pistol holder, chip on shoulder with
G#
your guts set to spill
C#m
F#
You think that justice just owes you face
C#m
B
Your brain is loaded with blanks
Verse 7
F#m
B
heavenly
F#
F#m
F#
B
She sank her body into me
F#m
B
My double- breasted suit fit fine
F#m
E
Her form aligned itself with mine
B
Bm
E
I wonder I'd a nat ural brain
G#m
Bm
I smelled the truth out clean and plain
D#
I'd have to take her
Dm
husband in that night
A#
G#m
without a fight
Verse 8
D#m
G#m
That's when the angel stole my gun
D#m
G#m
And said, "I hate to spoil your fun"
Then laughing,
D#m
G#m
she explained to me
D#m
C#m
The murderer was none but she
G#m
C#m
A love affair with Joe went tired
G#m
And six shots into him, she
C
fired
The congressman,
Bm
C
a jerk like me
G
Had covered up to keep her free
Verse 9
D#m
So goodbye shameless,
A#m
I'll aim for the chest
A#dim
A
C#m
The bullet hole that entered
near the top of your vest!
F#m
You lost your heart already so
C#m
you won't feel the pain
C#m
G#
brass knuckles and a brass- headed brain
C#m
F#m
Take a breath, prepare to crash
You'll see a bright blinding flash!
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