X Offender (1976) (video)

(spoken :)

I saw you standing on the corner, you looked so big and fine.

I really wanted to go out with you, so when you smiled

I laid my heart on the line.

D - G - A (2x)

D G A D

1. You read me my rights, and then you said "let′s go" and nothing more,

G A

I thought of my nights, and how they were, they were filled with.

G

I know you wouldn't go,

A

you′d watch my heart burst, then you'd step in.

F# G D - A

I had to know, so I asked. You just had to laugh !

D G A D

2. We sat in the night with my hands cuffed at my side,

G A G

I look at your life and your style, I wanted nothing more.

G

I know you wouldn't go,

A

you′d watch my heart burst, then you'd step in.

F# G D - A

I had to know, so I asked. You just had to laugh !

Bm

+ Walking the line, you were a marksman,

G E A

told me that law, like wine, is ageless, public defender.

Bm G E A

You had to admit you wanted the love of a sex offender.

+ D - F#m - G - A]

G

+ I know you wouldn't go,

A

you′d watch my heart burst, then you'd step in.

F# G D - A - A7

I had to know, so I asked. You just had to laugh !

D G A D

3. My vision in blue, I call you from inside my cell,

G A D

and in the trial, you were there with your badge and rubber boots.

G A D

I think all the time how I′m going to perpetrate love with you,

G A D

and when I get out, there's no doubt I′ll be sex offensive to you.

G - A - D G - A

Oohoo ! Oohooo !

+ D - G - A ….

(orig. = capo 2nd) (Blondie)