Crazy Little Child Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[Em][C]
[Am][A][B]

[Verse 1]
[Em]Crazy little
child [C]never got to see
[Em]All the pretty things in l[A]ife
[Am]Had him put away,
[Em]nothing they could say
Could [F#]ever make the pieces [B]fit

[Verse 2]
Aw well, [Em]daddy-o was was rich,
[C]mama was a bitch
[Em]Liv ing wasn't easy in b[A]etween
Be[Am]hind his silent scream,
Jack[Em]son in his teens
Was [C]planning [B]his escape

[Verse 3]
[Em]He was a[B] crazy[G] little child,
New [D]Orleans Alley playground
[A]Grimy faced, he watched the
hookers [Em]cry[G]
Winos were his friends and
[D]when he talked to them
They said, [A]Jackson, boy,
they'll get you by and [B]by

[Verse 4]
Depres[Em]sion settin' in, desper[C]ate,
cool and quick
[Em]Jackson learned the ropes
out on [A]the street
[Am]Little candy stores,
just [Em]pickin' locks and doors
Was prac[C]tice for a [B]two bit petty

[Interlude 1]
thief
[Em][C][Am][B]
[Em][B]

[Verse 5]
So [Em]Jackson went to Ritz
and [C]everyone was hip
[Em]Ritz ran all the rackets there in [A]town
If you [Am]need another boy,
a trig[Em]ger or a blade
Well, [F#]I'm the slickest cat a[B]round

[Verse 6]
Ritz [Em]gave him the eye,
once [C]over then he smiled
[Em]Yeah, I've got something here in [A]mind
If you meet [Am]me here at t[C]wo,
I [Em]think you'll like the view
Of that long [C]green when you
crack [B]that safe [Em]tonight

[Verse 7]
He was a [G]crazy little child,
New [D]Orleans Alley playground
And [A]grimy faced, he watched the hookers [Em]cry,
[B]whoo[G]
Winos were his friends and
[D]when he talked to them
They said, [A]Jackson, boy,
they'll get you by and [B]by, that's right

[Verse 8]
Well, I'll wait [Em]for you outside and I'll
be your [C]ears and your eyes
And boy, [Em]you just slip in there and bring
out all that [B]loot[A]
But Ritz [Am]was taken by surprise,
[Em]couple of unsuspectin' guys
And [C]they left poor [B]Jackson inside

[Interlude 2]
[Em][C][Em]
[A][Am]
[Em][F#][B]
[Em][C][Em][A]
[Am][Em][C][B]
[Em]

[Verse 9]
Questions there [Em]were few,
[C]in fact there were none
[Em]When those sheriff's
[A]bullet start to [Em]fly[A]
[Am]Lay dying on the floor
[Em]with a smokin' forty-four
He He said, [C]I must admit [B]the
winos were [Em]right

[Verse 10]
Crazy little child, [C]never got to see
[Em]All the pretty things [A]in life
We [Am]buried him today,
[Em]nothing we could say
Could [C]ever make the [B]pieces fit

[Verse 11]
[Em]Yeah[B], I must[C] admit the w[B]inos were right
[Em]Oh, [B]I must[C] admit the winos[B] were right
[Em]His last words were
I [C]must admit [B]the winos were
[A][B][Em]