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"Grand Larceny"  by John Gorka

C                                F              C
Walter Tucker was arrested for receiving stolen goods,

                                       F             Am
That he got from his cousin, who's a common neighborhood,

     C                                         F           C
They Pittsburgh-pawned the instrument that the perpetrator stole,

                                     F               Am
Walter said they split the cash, but denies a larger role.


Walter'd never been arrested, so I doubt he'll do the time,
But the cousin had a record that seemed to chain his life to crime,
"I never should have trusted him", Walter of his cousin said,
Now his face and fingers are on file and there's judges in his head.

(CHORUS)
C             Am  F   C 
Grand larceny, grand larceny

    F              G             C             F
It's what you get away with, and who you can deceive,

                   C                F               C
Pittsburgh has the Steelers and the Pirates and the thieves.


It happened in broad streetlight to an unsuspecting car,
My wallet, cash and valuables, and yet-to-be-pawned guitar,
I was fried enough inside to want to leave my tools behind,
It was a massive temporary shortage of the mind.
From the diner after midnight, to the parking lot to see,
There was just a pile of window where the ride home used to be,

(CHORUS)
        F                Dm
It was my last night in Pittsburgh,

      F             G
And I know I will return,

      Em 
But I won't forget the welcome,

     F              G
The outlaws let me earn.