Genesis – Robbery Assault And Battery (Guitar)

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[Intro] Bbm Ab [Verse 1]
    Eb           Ab                   Eb           Db
The streets were deserted, though the police were alerted

    Eb     Ab       Eb    Db         Ebm
They considered the phone call a hoax

    Eb    Ab            Ebm           Bbm
Furtively glancing, then jauntily prancing

    Ebm              Ab          B    Fm
The youth caught the guards unaware
[Verse 2]
    Eb           Ab                   Eb           Db
Slipping between them, he ought to have seen them

    Eb     Ab       Eb    Db         Ebm
The eyes and their owner so near

    Ebm            Fm               Ebm          Bbm
With torch shining bright, he strode on in the night

    Ebm              Ab          B    Fm  B  Abm Fm
'Til he came to the room with the safe
[Bridge]
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Hello son, I hope you're having fun?

       Eb       Ab        Eb           Db
You've got it wrong, sir, I'm only the cleaner

      Db
With that he fired, the other saying as he died

        Ab                      Eb            Bbm         G
"You've done me wrong, it's the same old song forever and ever"
[Chorus]
C        F            Eb     Ab
Robbery, assault, and battery

C        F            Eb     Ab
The felon and his felony

C        F            Eb     Ab
Robbery, assault, and battery

C        F            Eb     Ab
The felon and his felony
Ab Eb Ab [Verse 3]
Eb           Ab                   Eb           Db
Picked up the diamonds and bundles of fivers

   Eb     Ab       Eb    Db         Ebm
He pushed them well down in his sack

    Eb    Ab            Ebm           Bbm
But the alarm had been sounded, he was completely surrounded

       Ebm              Ab          B    Fm
But he had some more tricks up his sleeve
[Bridge]
Bbm                    Db
Come outside with your hands held high

Bbm        Fm            Eb   Ab  Cm        Fm    Bbm
You'll not get me alive, sir, I promise you that, sir

     Db
With that he fired, the other saying as he died

        Ab                      Eb            Bbm         G
"You've done me wrong, it's the same old song forever and ever"
[Chorus]
C        F            Eb     Ab
Robbery, assault, and battery

C        F            Eb     Ab
The felon and his felony

C        F            Eb     Ab
Robbery, assault, and battery

C        F            Eb     Ab
The felon and his felony
Ab Eb Ab C [Keyboard solo 1] [Verse 4]
Fm   A
He's leaving via the roof

Dm                     A
The bastard's got away

A      Db     Gb         Db          Cm  F
God always fights on the side of the bad man

Dm  F    Dm  Gm   Dm  Gm
Bad man, bad man, bad man
[Keyboard solo 2] [Verse 5]
C         F          C           Bb
I've got clean away, but I'll be back some day

C         F          C           Bb
Just the combination will have changed

Cm               Dm             Cm             Gm
Some day they'll catch me, to a chain they'll attach me

Cm              Ab                           Dm
Until that day, I'll ride the old crime wave
[Verse 6]
Gm
And if they try to hold me for trial

F
Well I'll stay out of jail by paying my bail

    Gm         Bb
And after I'll go to the court of appeal saying

        Am                                    Gm          C    E
"You've done me wrong, it's the same old song forever and ever"
[Outro]
A       D      E              Em
Done me wrong, same old song (done me wrong)

A       D      E              G
Done me wrong, same old song (done me wrong)