The Ballad Of Cradle Rob And Me Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
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[Verse 1]
[Edim]Saw
[Em]Cradle playin' [G]in the [A]schoolyard one day
[Edim]Pretty young boy- I[Em]
[G]takes him home to [A]play
[Em]Soon we was hangin'- Venice
[G]alleyway[A]
Robbin' the [D#dim]cradle- N[A]o-

[Verse 2]
Cradle
[Em]Rob [G]and [A]me[Em][A][G]
[A]

[Verse 3]
[Em]Rob and me lived on the [G]same block[A]
He's [Em]kinny garden
I [G]in knee [A]socks
[Em]He goin' play doctor over [G]by the docks[A]

[Verse 4]
[B]Robbin' the[D#dim] cradle- No-[A] Cradle Rob

[Interlude 1]
and me
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[Verse 5]
Cradle's still [A]fresh in junior high
Rob ain't [Em]so fresh at fo[G]urteen[A]
Me, I was just the last word
Ooo have you heard the heresay
I was robbin' the [Em]cradle
[A]No, it wasn't tha[Em]t way

[Interlude 2]
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[Verse 6]
I 'member one day [G]back
in seventy- [A]four
When [Edim]Cradle's mamma [A]said
[G]it wasn't cute no [A]more
[Em]I was three years too old
for [G]them to ig[A]nore
She [B]said I was [Em]robbin' the [B]cradle
[A]But it was Cradle Rob and
[Em]me
[G][A][Em][A][G][A]

[Verse 7]
[Em]We hung around about a yea[G]r after that[A]
[Em]'Til Rob found another girl
[G]to put his hair [A]in plaits
[Em]And I said, "Girl,
don't you worry [G]me
And we'll have [A]none [B]of that"
Robbin' [D#dim]the cradle- no-

[Verse 8]
[A]Cradle Rob

[Interlude 3]
and me
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[Verse 9]
Crae's semi [A]fresh in college now
Rob ain't so fresh [Em]at ni[G]neteen[A]
Me, well I'm still the last word
Oh have your heard the heresay
I was robbin' the [Em]cradle- [A]no- it was[Em]n't[G][A]
[Esus4]that[Em][G][A][Em][G]
[A]way[Em][G][A][Em][G]
[A]Robbin' the

[Verse 10]
[Em]crad[A]le

[Outro 1]
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