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Key:
Typical riff repeated at beginning of every line of the verses: G E|---------------| B|---5---3-------| G|---5---3h4-----| D|-5---5-----5---| A|---------------| E|---------------|
The chorus. R.V plays single chords, the backing guitar and bass changes to G on 'was' and the D on 'never' [Verse 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 He says "You the boy I bin
G7 lookin' for" [Chorus] N.C. B9 C9 C9 C9 G F#7 G7 G7 G7 I was framed, framed, I was blamed, framed
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D C#9 D9 C7 Well, I never knew nothin,
C7 F#7 G7 but I always get framed Oh, framed [Verse 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 When a stool pigeon walked in
G7 and says "That's your man" [Chorus] N.C. B9 C9 G F#7 G7 I was framed, framed, I was blamed, oh framed, framed, framed
D C#9 D9 C7 Well, I never knew nothin, but
G F#7 G7 I always get framed Oh, framed [Verse 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 "Man I was just home just a
G7 tweedly-dee" [Chorus] N.C. B9 C9 G F#7 G7 I was framed oh framed, I was blamed, oh framed, framed, framed,
D C#9 D9 C7 Well I never knew nothin, but I
C7 G F#7 G7 always get framed Oh, framed, Oh framed
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Composition: Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller

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