Alice Cooper – Crazy Little Child (Guitar)

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[Verse 1]
Em
Crazy little child

C
Never got to see

Em                        B
All the pretty things in life

 B7
Had him put away

Em
Nothing they could say

       C                    B
Could ever make the pieces fit

          Em
Aw well, Daddy-o was rich

C
Mama was a bitch

Em                     B
Living wasn't easy in between

B7
Behind his silent scream

Em
Jackson, in his teens

     C        B     Em           
Was planning his escape
[Chorus]
           G
He was a crazy little child

     D
New Orleans Alley playground

D7
Grimy faced

 D7                     Em
He watched the hookers cry

 G                          D    
Winos were his friends and when he talked to them

             D7                                  B
They said, "Jackson, boy, they'll get you by and by"
[Verse 2]
Em
Depression settin' in

C
Desp'rate, cool and quick

Em                                     B
Jackson learned the ropes out on the street

 B7
Little candy stores

 Em 
Just pickin' locks and doors

     C               B            Em
Was practice for a two bit petty thief

    Em
So Jackson went to Ritz

     C
And ev'ryone was hip

Em                                 B
Ritz ran all the rackets there in town

        B7
If you need another boy

    Em
A trigger or a blade

Em     C                    B
Well, I'm the slickest cat around

       Em
Yeah, Ritz gave him the eye

      C
Once over, then he smiled

 Em                                B
"Yeah, I've got something here in mind

        B7
If you meet me here at two

    Em
I think you'll like the view

               C              B                 Em
Of that long green when you crack that safe tonight"
[Chorus]
           G
He was a crazy little child

     D
New Orleans Alley playground

D7
Grimy faced

 D7                     Em
He watched the hookers cry

 G                          D    
Winos were his friends and when he talked to them

             D7                                  B
They said, "Jackson, boy, they'll get you by and by" that's right
[Verse 3]
Em
Well, I'll wait for you outside

                  C
And I'll be your ears and your eyes

          Em                                            B
And boy, you just slip in there and bring out all that loot

              B7
But Ritz was taken by surprise

           Em
Couple of unspected guys

           C          B      Em
And they left poor Jackson inside
[Instrumental solo] Em Em Em C C C Em Em Em B B B B7 B7 B7 Em Em Em C C C B B B Em Em Em C C C Em Em Em B B B B7 B7 B7 Em Em Em C C C B B B [Verse 4]
 Em
Questions there were few

    C
In fact there were none

 Em                                    B
When those Sheriff's bullets start to fly

         B7
He lay dying on the floor

         Em
With a smokin' forty-four

             C              B          Em
He said, "I must admit the winos were right"

Em
Crazy little child

 C
Never got to see

 Em                       B
All the pretty things in life

     B7
We buried him today

  Em
Nothing we could say

       C                    B
Could ever make the pieces fit

         C              B          Em
Yeah, I must admit the winos were right

       C               B          Em
Oh, I must admit the winos were right

           C
His last words were

                    B           B    B C Em
I must admit the winos we-ere ri-ight