Grand Larceny

       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.

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


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.


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


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.


        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.