Key: C
Introduction:
C
There's trouble on the streets tonight, I can feel it in my bones,
C
I had a premonition that I should not go alone,
C
I knew the gun was loaded, but I didn't think he'd kill,
C
everything exploded and the blood began to spill.
F
So baby, here's your ticket, put this suitcase in your hand,
F
Here's a little money, now do it just the way we planned,
C
You be cool for twenty hours and I'll pay you twenty grand.
G
I'm sorry it went down like this, someone had to lose,
F
It's the nature of the business it's the smugglers' blues.
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C
The sailors and the pilots, the soldiers and the law,
C
the pay-offs, and the rip-offs, and the things nobody saw,
C
No matter if it's heroin, or cocaine or hash,
C
You've got to carry weapons 'cause you allways carry cash.
F
There's lots of shady characters, lots dirty deals,
F
every name's an alias in case somebody squeels,
C
it's the allure of easy money that's got a very strong appeal.
G
Perhaps you'd understand it better, standing in my shoes,
F C
It's the ultimate enticement, it's the smugglers' blues.
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C
You see it in the headlines, you hear it everyday,
C
They say they're gonna stop it, but it does not go away,
C
They move it through Miami, they sell it in L.A.
C
They hide it up, I'll tell ya right, I mean it's here to stay.
F
Departments of the govenment in Columbia and Peru,
F
You ask any D.A. man they'll tell ya there's nothing they can do,
C
From the office of the President right down to me and you, me and you.
G
Well it's a losing proposition, but one you can't refuse,
F
It's the politics of contraban, it's the smugglers blues.
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