G Am Bm Am
G Am G Am

[Verse 1]
G       Am        F#m        G   G Am F#m G
 Little Criminals don't look back
      G            Am          F#m         G      G Am F#m G
Got a wheel in the slime and a wheel off the track
    G              Am              F#m    G      G Am F#m G
And one'll get you five'll get you ten greenbacks
       G            Am       F#m      G    G Am F#m G
Just a second story man in a cul - de - sac

[Pre-chorus]
Am                        F                 G
 And in the middle of the night when all is quiet
Am                       F                          D   C
 You'll be shimmyin' and jemmyin' and changing your name

[Chorus]
G                      Am
Please don't take them no don't break them
Bm                    Am
Leave them where they lie
             G            Am
They must be dreaming aah aah
             G            Am
They must be dreaming aah aah

[Verse 2]
G       Am        F#m        G   G Am F#m G
 Little criminals don't look down
    G    Am         F#m    G   G Am F#m G
A Casino Jesus in a Cabbagetown
       G        Am             F#m      G   G Am F#m G
Just a Saratoga Hefner in your dressing gown
G              Am        F#m       G     G Am F#m G
Kissing little buttercup who's this clown
G              Am        F#m       G     G Am F#m G
Kissing little buttercup who's this clown

[Pre-chorus]
Am                        F                 G
 And in the middle of the night when all is quiet
Am                       F                          D   C
 You'll be shimmyin' and jemmyin' and changing your name

[Chorus]
G                      Am
Please don't take them no don't break them
Bm                    Am
Leave them where they lie
             G            Am
They must be dreaming aah aah
             G            Am
They must be dreaming aah aah

[Chorus]
G                      Am
Please don't take them no don't break them
Bm                    Am
Leave them where they lie
             G            Am
They must be dreaming aah aah
             G            Am
They must be dreaming aah aah

[Interlude]
F C G D
Bb F C C C

[Chorus]
G                      Am
Please don't take them no don't break them
Bm                    Am
Leave them where they lie
             G            Am
They must be dreaming aah aah
             G            Am
They must be dreaming aah aah

[Chorus]
G                      Am
Please don't take them no don't break them
Bm                    Am
Leave them where they lie
             G            Am
They must be dreaming aah aah
             G            Am
They must be dreaming aah aah
             G            Am
They must be dreaming aah aah
             G            Am
They must be dreaming aah aah