Alice Cooper – Crazy Little Child (Ukulele)

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[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
Gm
Crazy little child

D#
Never got to see

Gm                        C
All the pretty things in life

 Cm
Had him put away

Gm
Nothing they could say

       A7                  D      
Could ever make the pieces fit
[Verse 2]
          Gm
Aw well, Daddy-o was rich

D#
Mama was a bitch

Gm                     C
Living wasn't easy in between

Cm
Behind his silent scream

Gm
Jackson, in his teens

     D#        D     Gm
Was planning his escape
[Chorus]
           A#
He was a crazy little child

     F
New Orleans Alley playground

C
Grimy faced

                       Gm
He watched the hookers cry

 A#                          F
Winos were his friends and when he talked to them

             C                                   D
They said, "Jackson, boy, they'll get you by and by"
[Verse 3]
Gm
Depression settin' in

D#
Desp'rate, cool and quick

Gm                                    C
Jackson learned the ropes out on the street

 Cm
Little candy stores

 Gm
Just pickin' locks and doors

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Was practice for a two bit petty thief
[Intro again]
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[Verse 4]
    Gm
So Jackson went to Ritz

     D#
And ev'ryone was hip

Gm                                 C
Ritz ran all the rackets there in town

        Cm
If you need another boy

    Gm
A trigger or a blade

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Well, I'm the slickest cat around
[Verse 5]
       Gm
Yeah, Ritz gave him the eye

      D#
Once over, then he smiled

 Gm                                C
"Yeah, I've got something here in mind

        Cm
If you meet me here at two

    Gm
I think you'll like the view

               D#              D                 Gm
Of that long green when you crack that safe tonight"
[Chorus]
           A#
He was a crazy little child

     F
New Orleans Alley playground

C
Grimy faced

                       Gm
He watched the hookers cry

 A#                          F
Winos were his friends and when he talked to them

             C                                   D
They said, "Jackson, boy, they'll get you by and by" that's right
[Verse 6]
Gm
Well, I'll wait for you outside

                  D#
And I'll be your ears and your eyes

          Gm                                            C
And boy, you just slip in there and bring out all that loot

              Cm
But Ritz was taken by surprise

           Gm
Couple of unspected guys

           D#          D      Gm
And they left poor Jackson inside
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[Verse 7]
 Gm
Questions there were few

    D#
In fact there were none

 Gm                                    C
When those Sheriff's bullets start to fly

         Cm
He lay dying on the floor

         Gm
With a smokin' forty-four

             D#              D          Gm
He said, "I must admit the winos were right"
[Outro Chorus]
Gm
Crazy little child

 D#
Never got to see

 Gm                       C
All the pretty things in life

     Cm
We buried him today

  Gm
Nothing we could say

       D#           D      Gm
Could ever make the pieces fit

         D#              D          Gm
Yeah, I must admit the winos were right

       D#               D          Gm
Oh, I must admit the winos were right

Gm 
His last words were

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I must admit the winos we-ere ri-ight

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