Perfect Crime 2

Intro Em Verse 1 sing muse of the passion of the pistol sing muse of the warning by the whistle a night so dark in the waning a dawn obscured by a slate sky raining Verse 2 five and twenty burglars by the reservoir a teenage lookout on the signal tower the mogul’s daughter in hogties the mogul fingers the wrong guy Chorus C D it was a perfect a perfect a perfect a perfect C G Em a perfect a perfect a perfect a perfect crime C D it was a perfect a perfect a perfect a perfect C G Em a perfect a perfect a perfect a perfect crime it was the perfect crime Verse 3 the bagman’s quaking in the fingers the hand off lends a little lingers a well dressed man in the cross hairs a shot rings out from somewhere upstairs Chorus C D it was a perfect a perfect a perfect a perfect C G Em a perfect a perfect a perfect a perfect crime C D it was a perfect a perfect a perfect a perfect C G Em a perfect a perfect a perfect a perfect crime it was the perfect crime Bridge C B it was like a ticker - tape parade C B when the plastique on the safe was blown away C B we all gazed from eye to eye C Em as we mouthed our silent good - byes Verse 4 the valley sleeping with the bastard it stinks of slumber and disaster two words i spoke on the tap - wire the agent’s ploy was a surefire backfire Chorus C D it was a perfect a perfect a perfect a perfect C G Em a perfect a perfect a perfect a perfect crime C D it was a perfect a perfect a perfect a perfect C G Em a perfect a perfect a perfect a perfect crime C D a perfect a perfect a perfect a perfect C D a perfect a perfect a perfect a perfect C D a perfect a perfect a perfect a perfect C D a perfect a perfect a perfect a perfect C D a perfect a perfect a perfect a perfect C D a perfect a perfect a perfect a perfect C D a perfect a perfect a perfect a perfect C D Em a perfect a perfect a perfect a perfect crime