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