Intro: G verse 1 I had a gun pointed at my head on several occasions G Yeah, Nadine I was scared Something about a black man with a machine gun G Make you wish you said your prayers C It was Nigeria G The year was Nineteen Sixty-Nine D I was teaching criminology G Played a little guitar on the side verse 2 In Apache Pass, Prince Rupert G Indian Jack puts a gun to my head He said, "How do you like it now gentlemen? G How痴 your blue eyed boy, Mr Dead?" C It was Canada this time G The year was Nineteen Seventy-One D I was performing at the Club Zanzibar G In the neon world of knives and gunsverse 3 When Picasso died, the Indians cried G In a Prince George motel room We were drunker than a thousand white men G Playing lumber camp saloon C It was Canada again G The year was Nineteen Seventy-Three D There were grizzly bears walking down main street G What an amazing sight to see verse 4 Well, the devil rides a cubist horse G The devil he痴 got angles But god is an expressionist G He got the devil strangled C Down in purgatorian limbo in hell G Ahh, them southern rip joints just like that D God痴 waiting room is full of painters and poets G And old black jazz saints in pork pie hatsEm Oh, excuse me if I知 boring you, dear listener G Accept my humble apology Am You may think I知 just a folk singer, no D G I知 a master in the art of criminologyInstrumental G C G D G Verse 5 So, I got off a plane in Nigeria G It was Nineteen Sixty-Nine Arrested by Ton Ton Macoute G Taking photos was a war zone crime C They were gonna hack me up with machetes G A US ambassador, come home, paid my bribe D So, I played guitar with Victor Uwaifo G Taught a little criminology on the sideEm Well, excuse me if I知 boring you, dear listener G Accept my humble apology Am You may think I知 some jive folk singer, no D G I知 a master in the art of criminologyOutro G Criminology G Criminology G CriminologyEm Yeah, that痴 my story and I知 sticking to it G No regrets, no surrender, no apology Am I know a little bit about a lot of things D G I知 a master in the art of criminology Em Yeah, that痴 my story and I知 sticking to it G No regrets, no surrender, no apology Am I know a little bit about a lot of things D G I知 a master in the art of criminology