Raised on Robbery Joni Mitchell
raised on robbery: joni mitchell
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he was sittinâ?? in the lounge of the empire hotel
he was drinkinâ?? for diversion, he was thinkinâ?? for himself
a little money ridinâ?? on the maple leafs
along comes this lady in sleeves
she says
[F]let me sit down, you know,
drinkinâ?? aloneâ??s [C]a shame,
itâ??s a shame, itâ??s a cryinâ?? shame
[G]look at those jokers glued[F] to that damn hockey [C]game
[F]hey, honey, you got lots of cash,
bring us â??round a bottle and weâ??ll have some laughs
[Bb]ginâ??s what iâ??m drinkinâ??; [G]i was raised on[C] robbery
she says,
iâ??m [F]a pretty good cook, sittinâ?? on my grocer[C]ies
come up[G] to my kitchen, iâ??ll sh[F]ow you my best re[C]cipes
i [F]try and i try, but i canâ??t save a cent
iâ??m up after midnight cookinâ?? tryinâ?? to make my rent
iâ??[Bb]m rough but Iâ??m pleasinâ??; [G]i was raised on[C] robbery
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we [F]had a little money once,
they were pushinâ?? through a four lane h[C]ighway
government gave us [G]three thousand dollars,
you [F]shoulda seen it fly away[C]
first he bought a [F]fifty-seven Biscayne, he put it in the ditch
he drunk up all the rest, that son of a b**ch
his [Bb]bloodâ??s bad whiskey; i wa[G]s raised on rob[C]bery
you know you [F]ainâ??t bad lookinâ??,
i like the way you hold your [C]drinks
come [G]home with me honey,
i ainâ??[F]t askinâ?? for no full-length m[C]ink
[F] hey, where you goinâ???
donâ??t go yet, your glass ainâ??t empty and we just met
youâ??r[Bb]e mean when youâ??re loaded;
i was [G]raised on robbe[C]ry
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