Intro:
A C#m A C#m A C#m
A C#m
From the West Coast gonna take a plane
A C#m
Hit the East Coast gonna take an B train
A Bm
Hit the East Coast going all the way
Why don't you come to Harlem?
A
All the spies went out to sea
C#m
But I remained in Harlem
A
Had to pay my parking fees
C#m
Felt just like P.T. Barnum
A
Caught a couple Pinter plays
C#m
I should have stayed in Harlem
A
Then I heard a policeman say
C#m
"I think we should disarm him
A
I think we strong-arm him
Bm
So out of place in Harlem"
C#m B D A
Then I see you standing there
C#m B D A
In your dyed black hair and no underwear
A
Bum bum diddy diddy, bum bum diddy diddy
C#m
Bum bum diddy police encounters
A
Bum bum diddy diddy, bum bum diddy diddy
C#m
Bum bum diddy police encounters
A
Caught a couple Albee plays
C#m
I should have stayed in Harlem
A
Then I heard a policeman say
Bm
"Do your best to not alarm him"
C#m B D A
I've got eyes for the policeman's wife
C#m B D A
In her dyed black hair and her Bowie knife
C#m B D A
I've got eyes for the policeman's wife
C#m B
The policeman's wife, the policeman's wife
D A
The policeman's wife, the policeman's wife
A
Bum bum diddy diddy, bum bum diddy diddy
C#m
Bum bum diddy police encounters
A
Bum bum diddy diddy, bum bum diddy diddy
C#m
Bum bum diddy police encounters
A
Diddy diddy, bum bum diddy diddy
C#m
Bum bum diddy police encounters
A
Diddy diddy, bum bum diddy diddy
C#m
Police encounters
A
Unions went on strike today
Bm
But I remained in Harlem
C#m B D A
I've got eyes for the policeman's wife
C#m B D A
In her dyed black hair and her Bowie knife
C#m B D A
As I see her standing there alone
C#m B D A
In her dyed black hair and her Android phone
(x3)
A
Bum bum diddy diddy, bum bum diddy diddy
C#m
Bum bum diddy police encounters
A
Bum bum diddy diddy, bum bum diddy diddy
C#m
Bum bum diddy police encounters
Bum bum