Biography:
Citizen Cope is a pseudonym of Clarence Greenwood, keyboardist, guitarist, singer, DJ, and record producer. Citizen Cope now lives in Brooklyn, New York.
Born in Memphis, Tennessee, Greenwood started his musical career as a DJ for the hip hop act Basehead, a group that would have a significant impact on his style as a solo-musician. Citizen Cope blends many genres of music, such as folk, blues, hip hop, rock, and R & B.
Greenwood first released a demo tape under the name Cope Citizen in the late '90s.
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Intro Em - D - Am - G
Verse 1:
Em D
Mr Dali Lamas
Am G
Another sister's shootin' heroin tomorrow
Em D
Amputees in Freetown
Am
Sierra Leone's
G
The church wasn't honest
Em D
The state put the youth in a harness
Am G
Creatin' hostility among us
Em D
Teacher said no college
Am G Em
Still the kid's gotta get a check with a couple commas
D
People wanna bomb us
Am G Em
More people gotta scatter and run from us
D Am G - D/F#
You can blame it on Zeus and Apollo and Adonis
Chorus - Play x's
Em
But what you've done here
D Am G
Is put yourself between a bullet and a target
Em
And it won't be long before
D Am G
You're pulling yourself away
Verse 2:
Em D
I've been knowing her for years
Am G
I've been seeing her for years
Em D
She got dark dark wavy hair
Am G
With a voice like she just don't care
Em D
She got a skirt with a halter top
Am G
She's got a dad who never gave a f
Em D
She drinks a beer with her mom 'til dawn
Am G
She got knocked up in a pickup truck
Em D
But she got engaged when she was nineteen
Am G
To this dude who was acting insane
Em D
Had a that he always cleaned
Am G
Said one day one day one too many days
Em D
Now she ducked and she ran away
Am G
Never to be heard from never to be seen
Em D
I check the cover of a magazine
Am G - D/F#
I'm just wondering how just wondering
Chorus - Play x's
Em
But what you've done here
D Am G
Is put yourself between a bullet and a target
Em
And it won't be long before
D Am G
You're pulling yourself away
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