Ramones – Punishment Fits The Crime (Guitar)

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Please rate/comment Intro: Am C Dm C X2 Verse 1:
Am         C        Dm      C
I hear the bells of freedom chiming

    Am        C       Dm       C
And inside my heart I feel I'm dying

Am        C     Dm       C
Wise guys never compromise

          Am          C               Dm       C
Then they loose their rights and they act surprised

Am          C       Dm      C
Jail really cuts ya down to size
Chorus:
        Am         F       G
Let the punishment fit the crime

    Am         F      G
The footprints on the sand of time

    Am         F      G   
The philosophy of the poet's rhyme

       Am  F      G
Make a man humble in his prime
Verse 2:
Am         C         Dm     C
You can go up, down, or sideways

      Am    C    Dm           C
Be on death row, counting the days

     Am      C           Dm             C
They say the answers are blowin' in the wind

       Am            C                Dm   C
And to take yourself out would really be a sin

Am               C              Dm   C
You just have to cope and start over again
Chorus:
        Am         F       G
Let the punishment fit the crime

    Am         F      G
The footprints on the sand of time

    Am         F      G   
The philosophy of the poet's rhyme

       Am  F      G
Make a man humble in his prime
Break: F5 A5 A5 B5 C5 F5 A5 A5 B5 C5 F5 A5 A5 B5 C5 F5 G5 C5 F5 G5 G5 G5 F5 Verse 3:
Am     C           Dm     C
Little child cries in his sleep

    Am         C        Dm       C
And life makes promises it can't keep

             Am       C    Dm       C
And then you feel you had, had enough

    Am  C       Dm       C
You realize somehow, someway

        Am       C                     Dm    C
Your destiny was planned from the very first day
Chorus:
        Am         F       G
Let the punishment fit the crime

    Am         F      G
The footprints on the sand of time

    Am         F      G   
The philosophy of the poet's rhyme

       Am  F      G
Make a man humble in his prime
Chorus:
        Am         F       G
Let the punishment fit the crime

    Am         F      G
The footprints on the sand of time

    Am         F      G   
The philosophy of the poet's rhyme

       Am  F      G
Make a man humble in his prime
Ending:
        Am         F       G
Let the punishment fit the crime

        Am         F       G
Let the punishment fit the crime

        Am         F       G
Let the punishment fit the crime

        Am         F       G
Let the punishment fit the crime