Crime In The City by Neil Young guitar tab (text):

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From: Harlan L Thompson 





CRIME IN THE CITY (SIXTY TO ZERO PART 1)- Neil Young



G      Am   G Am  Am   G Am  Am   G Am  Am   G Am

Am Asus2 Am G F  Am Asus2 Am G F

Am                          Am G F        Am              Am G F

Well the cop made the showdown,   he was sure he was right

       Am              Am G F          Am                  Am G F

He had all of the lowdown    from the bank heist last night 

G Dm                             G Dm

    His best friend was a robber     and his wife was a thief

G Dm                              G Dm

    All the children were killers,    they couldn't get no relief 

G F                            G F

   The bungalow was surrounded    when a voice loud and clear

G F                                    G F

   Said "Come on out with your hands up   or we'll blow you outta here"

                         Am  Am   G   F            Am  Am

There was a face in the window,  the TV cameras rolled

G          F           Am   Am   G     F     Am          Am G F

Then they cut to the announcer    and the story was told



REPEAT INTRO (after each verse except for Bridge)



The artist looked at the producer, the producer sat back

He said, "What we have got here is a perfect track

But we don't have a vocal and we don't have a song

If we could get these things accomplished nothin' else could go wrong"

So he balanced the ashtray as he picked up the phone

And said, "Send me a songwriter who's drifted far from home

And make sure that he's hungry, make sure he's alone

Send me a cheeseburger and a new Rolling Stone," yeah



"There's still crime in the city", said the cop on the beat

"I don't know if I can stop it, I feel like meat on the street

They paint my car like a target, I take my orders from fools

Meanwhile some kid blows my head off, well, I play by their rules

That's why I'm doin' it my way, I took the law in my hands

So here I am in the alleyway, a wad of cash in my pants

I get paid by a ten year old, he says he looks up to me

There's still crime in the city, but it's good to be free," Yeah



BRIDGE (play slower):

C  G  F  G ...then Intro at usual speed



Now I come from a family that has a broken home

Sometimes I talk to Daddy on the telephone

When he says that he loves me, I know that he does

But I wish I could see him, I wish I knew where he was

But that's the way all my friends are, except maybe one or two

Wish I could see him this weekend, wish I could walk in his shoes

But now I'm doin' my own thing, sometimes I'm good, then I'm bad

Although my home has been broken, it's the best home I ever had, yeah



BRIDGE (as before)



Well, I keep gettin' younger, my life's been funny that way

Before I ever learned to talk, I forgot what to say

I sassed back to my mom, I sassed back to my teacher

I got thrown out of Bible school for sassin' back at the preacher

Then I grew up to be a fireman, put out every fire in town

Put out anything smokin', but when I put the hose down

The judge sent me to prison, he gave me life without parole

Wish I never put the hose down, wish I never got old





NOTE:  Neil sometimes plays this tuned down one whole step, so in that 

case the chords are A and Bm and so on.