From the Album: Cold Fact | Tabbed by: Doug McCabe This song is played in the key of E (with a capo on the second fret). This is the version from the Cold Fact Album. The live version is slightly different. The introduction starts with down strums on the E chord and then an intermittent E & Em before changing to A. The A has a riff using your little finger on the E string on the 2nd & 3rd frets. This riff occurs several times throughout the song. Intro: E, Em, A Etc. Verse:

^EGoing down a dirty inner city side road, I ^Aplotted ^EMadness passed me by, she smiled hi, I n^Aodded ^ELooked up as the sky began to c^B5ry, she shot^E it ^EMeet a girl from Dearborn, e^Aarly six o-clock this morn, a cold f^Eact ^AAsked about her bag, suburbia's such a drag, wont go bac^Ek

Chorus:

^G'Cos Papa don't allow no n^Dew ideas ^Around h^Eere ^GAnd now he sees the news, but the pi^Dctures ^Anot too c^Elear ^AMama, Papa, stop, treasure what you got; soon you may be caught without^E it ^AThe curfews set for eight; will it ever all be straight? I d^Eoubt it.

Verse:

^ESeven jealous fools playing by her r^Aules, can't believe h^Eer ^AHe feels so in between, can't break the scene, it would grieve h^Eer ^EAnd that's the reason why he must ^B5cry, he'll never leave h^Aer. E A Cr^Eooked children, yellow chalk writing on the concrete walk, their King died ^ADrinking from a Judas cup, looking down but seeing up, sweet red w^Eine

Chorus:

^G'Cos Papa don't allow no n^Dew ideas r^Aound h^Eere ^GAnd now you hear the music, but the w^Dords don't s^Aound too cl^Eear. ^AMama, Papa, stop. Treasure what you got. Soon you may be caught without ^Eit ^AThe curfews set for eight will it ever all be straight? I doubt i^Et.

Outro:

^EGoing down a dusty, Georgian side road, I wond^Aer ^EThe wind splashed in my face, can s^B5mell a trace, of thunde^Er.

Sixto Rodriguez - Inner city blues