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