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Typical riff repeated at beginning of every line of the verses:
The chord backing in the Chorus from R.V in the Chorus are single chords as marked. the chords in ( )
show where the backing changes.
#1:
G
I was walkin' down the street, mindin' my own affair
G
When two policemen grabbed me, unaware
G
He says 'Is your name Henry?' I says 'Why sure'
G G7
He says 'You the boy I bin lookin' for'
No chord B9 C9 C9 C9 ( G ) F#7 G7 G7 G7
I was framed, framed, I was blamed, framed
( D ) C#9 D9 C7 C7 F#7 G7
Well, I never knew nothin, but I always get framed Oh, framed
#2:
G
They took him in the line up and let those bright lights shine,
G
There was ten poor souls like me in that line
G
I knew I was a victim of someone's evil plan
G G7
When a stool pigeon walked in and says 'That's your man'
No chord B9 C9 G F#7 G7
I was framed, framed, I was blamed, oh framed, framed, framed
D C#9 D9 C7 G F#7 G7
Well, I never knew nothin, but I always get framed Oh, framed
#3:
G
Well, the prosecutin' attorney started a'prosecutin' me
G
Man, that cat didn't give me the one, but the third degree
G
He says 'Where were you on the night of July 1953?'
G G7
'Man I was just home just a tweedly-dee'
No chord B9 C9 G F#7 G7
I was framed oh framed, I was blamed, oh framed, framed, framed,
D C#9 D9 C7 G F#7 G7
Well I never knew nothin, but I always get framed Oh, framed, Oh framed
Written by Jerry Leiber/Mike Stoller