framed Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[G][C][G][C][G][C][G][C][G]
[C][G][C][G][C][G]

[Verse 1]
[G]Well
I was walkin' down the street
Mindin' my own affairs
[C]When [G]two policemen come
up from behind
And grab me unawares
[C]They [G]said "You big bad
Burton Cummings?"
I said "Why [C]sure!"
[G]They said "You're the cat

[Verse 2]
we been lookin' for!"
[G]Well, I [C]was framed.
Framed, framed,
framed I was [F]blamed[G][C]
[G]Framed, framed, framed
Well [Dm]I never [D]do [Dm]nothin'[C]
But I always get [G]framed
[Gm][Dm]

[Verse 3]
[C]
[G]Well they took me to the lineup
And let those bright lights
[C]shine[G]
There were 6 poor souls like me
Standin' up there in [C]that line
[G]The judge got a witness
And got her way up on the witness stand
[C]A w[G]oman jump up, start
screamin'
"That's your man!"
I [C]was framed.

[Verse 4]
Framed, framed, framed I [G]was blamed
Framed, framed, framed
Well [Dm]I never do [D]noth[Dm]in'[C]
But I always get [G]framed

[Interlude 1]
[Dm][G]
[C][G][Dm]
[C][Gm][G][Dm]
[C][G][Gdim][C][G][C][G][C][G][C][G]

[Verse 5]
Well the prosecutin' attorney
started prosecutin' [C]me
[G]Man, I mean that cat let loose and gave
me the [C]third degree
[G]He says "Where were you
on the night of July 16th, 1963?"
[C]I s[G]aid "I was [C]cruisin'...
[G]just my sweetie and me..."
I [C]was framed.

[Verse 6]
Framed, framed,
framed [Gm]I was [G]blamed[Gm][G][C]
[G]Framed, framed, framed
Well [Dm]I never do [C]nothin'
But I always get [G]framed

[Verse 7]
I get [G]framed
I [C]get set [G]up
With circumstantial evidence
Innocent bystander, stand by me

[Outro 1]
I'm gon' need you
[C][G]