Segue from Only
Wanted a Toke1. The Arrest
F Dm
O, copper, o, copper,
Dm F
Don't bust me with this grass
F
Wait'll what I'm holdin'
G
Will knock you on your ass
F Dm
O, copper, o, copper,
Dm F
This pot is so bad
F Dm
The jury would say
F C F
I'm an innocent lad.
Dm C
Ah, be-moan, be-wail,
C Dm
Don't send me to jail when I
C F
ain't even stoned at the time
Dm C
La, la-ment and sigh
C Dm
I wish I was high and I
C
still don't believe it's a crime
2.
The Trial
F Dm
Yer honor, yer honor
Dm F
This country isn't free
F
If you can't be you while
G
While I'm free to be me
F Dm
Yer honor, yer honor
Dm F
Please judge my defense
F Dm
The pot was no good
F C F
And a jail makes no sense
Dm C
Ah, be-moan, be-wail,
C Dm
He sent me to jail when I
C F
wasn't even stoned at the time
Dm C
La, la-ment and sigh
C Dm
I wish I was high and I
C
still don't believe it's a crime
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3.
Doing Time
F Dm
Hey warden, Hey, warden
Dm F
How can I eat this slop?
F
And who can eat anyway
G
Watched by a cop
F Dm
The guy in my cage is in on
Dm F
Murder and rape
F Dm
So get me good pot
F C F
Or I'll have to escape
Dm C
Ah, be-moan, be-wail,
C Dm
I've gone to jail when I
C F
ain't even stoned at the time
Dm C
La, la-ment and sigh
C Dm
I wish I was high and I
C
still don't believe it's a crime
4.
Judgement Day
F Dm
My Spirit, My Spirit
Dm F
and Infinite Judge
F
If my record's smeared
G
With a resinous smudge
F Dm
Well, Jesus drank vino
Dm F
and Buddha was fat
F Dm
And I believe love gets us
C F
high -- how 'bout that?
Dm C
Ah, be-moan, be-wail,
C Dm
I'm goin' to hail an' I
C F
ain't even stoned at the time
Dm C
La, la-ment and sigh
C Dm
I wish I was high and I
C
still don't believe it's a crime
