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Framed by Ritchie Valens
Framed
Original key: G
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 chord backing in the chorus from R.V in the chorus are single chords as marked. the chords in ( )
show where the backing changes.
#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 G7
He says "You the boy I bin lookin' for"
Chorus:
[No chord] B9 C9 C9 C9 ( G ) F#7 G7 G7 G7
I was framed, framed, I was blamed, framed
( D ) C#9 D9 C7 C7 F#7 G7
Well, I never knew nothin, but I always get framed Oh, framed
#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 G7
When a stool pigeon walked in and says "That's your man"
Chorus:
[No chord] B9 C9 G F#7 G7
I was framed, framed, I was blamed, oh framed, framed, framed
D C#9 D9 C7 G F#7 G7
Well, I never knew nothin, but I always get framed Oh, framed
#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 G7
"Man I was just home just a tweedly-dee"
Chorus:
[No chord] B9 C9 G F#7 G7
I was framed oh framed, I was blamed, oh framed, framed, framed,
D C#9 D9 C7 G F#7 G7
Well I never knew nothin, but I always get framed Oh, framed, Oh framed
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