Decemberists - Perfect Crime 2

intro

Em

verse 1

sing muse of the passion of the pistol
sing muse of the warning by the whistle
a night so dark in the waning
a dawn obscured by a slate sky raining

verse 2

five and twenty burglars by the reservoir
a teenage lookout on the signal tower
the mogul’s daughter in hogties
the mogul fingers the wrong guy

chorus

C D
it was a perfect a perfect a perfect a perfect
C G Em
a perfect a perfect a perfect a perfect crime
C D
it was a perfect a perfect a perfect a perfect
C G Em
a perfect a perfect a perfect a perfect crime

it was the perfect crime

verse 3

the bagman’s quaking in the fingers
the hand off lends a little lingers
a well dressed man in the cross hairs
a shot rings out from somewhere upstairs

chorus
C D
it was a perfect a perfect a perfect a perfect
C G Em
a perfect a perfect a perfect a perfect crime
C D
it was a perfect a perfect a perfect a perfect
C G Em
a perfect a perfect a perfect a perfect crime

it was the perfect crime

bridge

C B
it was like a ticker – tape parade
C B
when the plastique on the safe was blown away
C B
we all gazed from eye to eye
C Em
as we mouthed our silent good – byes

verse 4

the valley sleeping with the bastard
it stinks of slumber and disaster
two words i spoke on the tap – wire
the agent’s ploy was a surefire backfire

chorus

C D
it was a perfect a perfect a perfect a perfect
C G Em
a perfect a perfect a perfect a perfect crime
C D
it was a perfect a perfect a perfect a perfect
C G Em
a perfect a perfect a perfect a perfect crime

C D
a perfect a perfect a perfect a perfect
C D
a perfect a perfect a perfect a perfect
C D
a perfect a perfect a perfect a perfect
C D
a perfect a perfect a perfect a perfect
C D
a perfect a perfect a perfect a perfect
C D
a perfect a perfect a perfect a perfect
C D
a perfect a perfect a perfect a perfect
C D Em
a perfect a perfect a perfect a perfect crime