Tonart: F major•
Verse 1
C
F
Mother and
Abdim
Gm
C
Dad handed down to me a
Dm
G
bit of their old philosophy.
C
F
Gm
C
I've stuck to it like an obedient daughter,
F
G
A
but it always lands me in hot water.
Dm
F
Bb
I'd gladly follow out your sug gestions.
G
C
If you'd give me the answers to these questions,
G
C
please tell me.
F
Abdim
Is it a crime to start each day with a
G
C
laugh and a smile and a song?
And is it a crime to end each day with a
F
laugh and a smile and a song?
Is it wrong?
Bb
Gm
D
Is it a crime to call the world
Gm
your valentine?
G
Abdim
Is it a crime to grab a lamppost
G
C
and then sing sweet adornment?
Bb
C
I ask you.
F
Is it a crime to save a wee baby bird
C
when it falls from its nest?
That little bird should have a
Bb
A
chance to fly like all the rest.
D
Eb
D
If it's a crime to help old ladies
G
Db
cross the street,
F
Faug
then put me in jail without bail,
F
D
F
bread and water from an old tin pail.
D
G
Gm
F
Gm
C
If that's, if that's a crime
We're taught two things as we
go through life
One, be thy brother's keeper
And two, mind your own business
F
With a laugh and a smile and a song
G
D
Now if I know something
And by telling it to someone in distress
G
I could change that person's life
C
and bring them the blue bird of happiness.
F
Is it a crime to tell him?
Or is it a crime not to?
Em
Is it that you mustn't?
Should you say,
Hey, watch out for that banana peel, bud!
Bb
Eb
Or just remain silent and
A
as he crashes with a thud.
Inspector,
my job is to give mes
Db
sages to people on time.
and I see it through,
D
And it's just my duty that I do, do, do
G
C
Is that, is that
F
Inspector, let's go back
a few thousand years
If there had been answering
C
And it had been up to me
Em
I could have changed the
I could have prevented many
a famous tragedy
F
With a laugh and a smile and a song
Bb
Why every night I lie in bed and my cheeks
D
A
G
My cheeks grow soaking wet
when I think of what I could have done
for
Romeo and
C
Juliet
Hello,
Verona phone
Oh, yes,
Mr.
Romeo,
Juliet
Capulet called
The message is to avoid getting married to other
fellow and playing dead
This
Friar
Lawrence gave
me a great big sleeping pill
but when I wake up we'll head
for the border
Oh, don't thank me, it's all in
the day's work
C
A
See what I could have done?
Bb
Cm
Maybe I'm right, maybe I'm wrong
Adim
But if I got that message through on time, I'm telling you,
Ebdim
those two kids would be alive today!
D
G
Db
So if it's a crime to help old ladies cross the street,
F
Faug
then I'll confess, I'm just a mess!
F
D
Dad, you were wrong, I guess!
Inspector, were they wrong?
G
Gm
C
F
Thank you.
Bb
F
You
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