[Versetto]
             Dmaj7 C#m7 
Up rolled the riot van 
   Bm7                            
And sparked excitement in the boys
  Dmaj7 C#m7 
 
And sparked excitement in the boys 
   Bm7                        
But the policemen look annoyed
  Dmaj7 C#m7 
 
But the policemen look annoyed 
   Bm7                            
Perhaps these are ones they should
        Dmaj7 C#m7 Bm7 
 avoid
Perhaps these are ones they should avoid
[Ritornello]
A                          C#m7     
They got a chase last night from men
                   Bm7         
 with truncheons dressed in hats
 E  E6  E 
 
They got a chase last night from men with truncheons dressed in hats 
A                             C#m7   
They didn't do that much wrong, still
                           Bm7 
 ran away though for the laugh 
They didn't do that much wrong, still ran away though for the laugh 
                   E  E6  E 
just for the laugh
[Versetto]
            Dmaj7   C#m7 
Please just stop talking 
                    Bm7             
Because they won't find us if you do
 Dmaj7 C#m7 
 
Because they won't find us if you do 
           Bm7              
Oh, those silly boys in blue
 Dmaj7 C#m7 
 
Oh, those silly boys in blue 
            Bm7              
Well, they won't catch me and
       Dmaj7 C#m7 Bm7 
 you
Well, they won't catch me and you
[Ritornello]
A                          C#m7      
Have you been drinking son, you don’t
               Bm7      E  E6  E 
 look old enough to me 
Have you been drinking son, you don’t look old enough to me 
A                      C#m7          
I’m sorry officer, is there a certain
                Bm7 
 age you’re supposed to be? 
I’m sorry officer, is there a certain age you’re supposed to be? 
       E  E6  E 
nobody told me
[Versetto]
              Dmaj7 C#m7 
Up rolled the riot van 
            Bm7                     
And these lads just wind the coppers
    Dmaj7 C#m7 
 up 
And these lads just wind the coppers up 
     Bm7                       
Ask why they don't catch proper
         Dmaj7 C#m7 
 crooks 
Ask why they don't catch proper crooks 
       Bm7                       
Get their address and their names
       Dmaj7 C#m7 
 took 
Get their address and their names took 
          Dmaj7 
But they couldn't care less
[Solo]
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e|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------| 
B|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------| 
G|---------------------------------|--------------------------4/9--\---| 
D|-----------------9\4-----4\2-----|-----------------4/11--------------| 
A|----0-----9\4--------------------|----0-----9\4----------------------| 
E|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
[Versetto]
              Dmaj7 C#m7 
Thrown in the riot van 
    Bm7                          
And all the coppers kicked him in
  Dmaj7 C#m7 
 
And all the coppers kicked him in 
     Bm7                         
And there was no way he could win
  Dmaj7 C#m7 
 
And there was no way he could win 
      Bm7                 
Just had to take it on the
       Dmaj7 C#m7 Bm7 
 chin
Just had to take it on the chin