Partners In Crime — Rupert Holmes
Chords and lyrics for Partners In Crime by Rupert Holmes (key of G#).
Verse 1
From "Partners In Crime"(1979)
Intro
[Cm7/F] [F]
[Cm7/F] [F]
Verse 1
[Cm7/F] She's underage and she's [F]underweight
And she's one [Cm7/F]month hooked and she's two [F]months late
She [Bbm7]comes from Wyoming [Eb]and he named her [Cm7/F]Desiree[F]
[Cm7/F]She hit New York like a [F]farm-fresh egg
Hits a [Cm7/F]frying pan, she's too [F]proud to beg
So she [Bbm7]works on the sidewalk, [Eb]he administrates her [Cm7/F]pay[F]
[Cm7/F]She calls him Swagger 'cause of [F]his hat
He [Cm7/F]adopted her in three [F]seconds flat
By the [Bbm7]bus station doorway [Eb]where he found her [Cm7/F]half-alive[F]
[Cm7/F]He is her family and in [F]return
He beats up[Cm7/F] on her and takes all she[F] can earn
And she [Bbm7]needs him so badly, [Eb]losing him, she'd never [Cm7/F]survive[F]
Chorus 1
And it's [Bbm9]him and her, [C7]me and you
We [Fm]do it to each [Eb]other [Db]whatever we [Cm]do
[Bbm9]Hand in hand, [C7]arm in arm
It's [Fm]always been the [Eb]two of us [Db]doing us [Cm]harm
It's the [Gdim]same deal every [C(#9)]time
N.C.
We're all of us partners in
Interlude 1
[Cm7/F]crime[F]
[Cm7/F] [F]
Verse 2
[Cm7/F] She is a buyer for [F]Bloomingdale's
He's [Cm7/F]division head of [F]commercial sales
They [Bbm7]met at the office, [Eb]odds were one to one they'd [Cm7/F]meet [F] (Woo woo
[Cm7/F]woo) Work is the great [F]aphrodisiac
It's that [Cm7/F]nine-to-five gets 'em in [F]the sack
[Bbm7]Afternoons at the office, [Eb]evenings at the health [Cm7/F]retreat[F]
[Cm7/F] And all day long, he just balls [F]her out
'Bout some [Cm7/F]shipment due on the air [F]freight route
But when [Bbm7]they leave the office, [Eb]guess who gets the upper [Cm7/F]hand?[F]
[Cm7/F] She's into power, he's into [F]pain
[Cm7/F]And beneath her heel, he will [F]long remain
And he [Bbm7]needs her so badly, [Eb]loves it when she takes [Cm7/F]command[F]
Chorus 2
And it's [Bbm9]him and her, [C7]me and you
We [Fm]do it to each [Eb]other [Db]whatever we [Cm]do
[Bbm9]Hand in hand, [C7]arm in arm
It's [Fm]always been the [Eb]two of us [Db]doing us [Cm]harm
It's the [Gdim]same deal every [C(#9)]time
N.C.
We're all of us partners in
Interlude 2
[Cm7/F]crime[F]
[Cm7/F] [F]
(Brass Section Soli)
[Cm7/F] [F]
[Cm7/F] [F]
(Sax Solo)
[Bbm7] [Eb]
[Cm7/F] [F]
(Brass Section Soli)
[Cm7/F] [F]
[Cm7/F] [F]
(Sax Solo)
[Bbm7] [Eb]
[Cm7/F] [F]
Verse 3
[Cm7/F]If there's a Heaven, if there's a[F] Hell
[Cm7/F]It's made up of those who we love [F]so well
And we'll [Bbm7]make Hell or Heaven [Eb]as we do when we're [Cm7/F]alive[F]
[Cm7/F] Two people meet and they fix [F]their deal
And they get[Cm7/F] what they deserve and they want [F]the way they feel
And we [Bbm7]need love so badly, [Eb]losing it, we'd never [Cm7/F]survive[F]
Chorus 3
And it's [Bbm9]him and her, [C7]me and you
We [Fm]do it to each [Eb]other [Db]whatever we [Cm]do
[Bbm9]Hand in hand, [C7]arm in arm
It's [Fm]always been the [Eb]two of us [Db]doing us [Cm]harm
It's the [Gdim]same deal every [C(#9)]time
N.C.
We're all of us partners in
Outro
[Cm7/F]crime (Partners)[F]
Partners in [Cm7/F]crime (Partners)[F]
Partners in [Cm7/F]crime (Partners)[F]
Partners in [Cm7/F]crime (Partners)[F]
[Gdim] [C(#9)]
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