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Bo Diddley - Cops And Robbers

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Cops & Robbers Trk 23 Disc 1
(Ellas McDaniel)
Bo Diddley
Bo Diddley - vocal & guitar, Willie Dixon - bass
Clifton James - drums, Jerome Green - maracas & vocal
Otis Spann - piano. Recorded October 1956, Chicago.
Original Checker #850 Transcriber: Awcantor@aol.com
Album: Bo Diddley `I`m A Man - The Chess Masters 1955-1958`
B0009231-02 Hipo Select (Geffen) 2007



Spoken Story:

I was drivin` home on the boulevard
Late one night, when I spied a guy over
on the corner, bummin` all alone.

Now, as I passed him by I heard him holler out, `Hey!`
I slowed down, see what he said
He hollers-a, `A-by any chance are you goin` my way?`
I say, `Why sho` baby, hop on in and gimme a cigarette`
Just then he reached down in his pockets
And that was the moment I regret.

Sings:
He hollered, `Reach for the sky`
I said, `But I don`t understand, sir?`
`Don`t try no monkey business
I`ve got a stopper in my hand`

Spoken:
And then, he says-a, `A-look-here, you see this here
I got in my hand, this is a .38 pistol, built on a .45 frame
Shoots tombstone bullets and a ball and chain`.

He said, `Now, I ain`t tryin` to shake you up`
(And I) `But I just want you to know, if the cops
start to crowd me any, you gon` be the first to go`
`So, now look-here, don`t even look back
You just drive on just like ain`t nothin` happenin`
That`s what he told me. He wouldn`t even let me look
back at nothin`.
He say, `When I get to that red light` he wanted me
to go to my left and then jump back to my right.
He says, `Now-a, I want you to drive up in that alley.`
`Uh-uh, not in that alley, that, that one over there`
`And cool it behind that liquor sto` and keep a sharp
lookout at all times while I sneak in that back do`.
That`s what he told me!
He say, `Keep my foot on the gas and always
be on guard, `cause when he come runnin` out there
wit` all that money, he wanted me to mash on it real hard!
He said, `Now, don`t let him come out a-d`ere and find me
a-double-crossed` Because he`d murder when the heat`s on.

Sings:
Reach for the sky
I said, `But I don`t understand, sir`
Don`t try no monkey business
I`ve got the stopper in my hand

Ooo-we, while I was sittin` there just s`ramblin`
A spotlight hit me dead in the face.
The cop pulled up behind me and said
`Move up alittle bit, man, for we wanna take your place`

And then this guy come runnin` outta the sto`
with the money in his hand and said, `Oh, there you are!`
Ha, he made a mistake in the dark and ran and leaped
in the police car.
When they put the handcuffs on him
I said, `Child, yo` crime have outgrew him`
And then they said, `Yeah, we gonna` put him
so far back in jail this time, `till they gonna have
to pump air into him.

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