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Red Footprints
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Matthew T Velazquez <simplyt@comcast.net>

Standard tuning, no capo

Notable chords:

   Em7  Bm/D Am/C  C  Gmaj   D    Cm Em7/G Cmaj
1|--7----x----x----2----3----2----3----3----0--|
2|--8----10---8----3----3----3----4----3----3--|
3|--7----7----5----4----0----2----5----0----0--|
4|--9----7----5----4----0----0----5----2----2--|
5|--7----9----7----2----2----x----3----2----3--|
6|--x----x----x----2----3----x----x----0----x--|


Intro:

   Em7              Bm/D             Am/C             Bm/D
1|---7x-----------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
2|---8x-----------|---10x----------|---8x-----------|-------10x------|
3|---7x-----------|---7x-----------|---5x-----------|-------7x-------|
4|----------------|----------------|----------------|----0-----------|
5|-7--------------|-9--------------|-7--------------|-9--------------|
6|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

   Em7              Bm/D             Am/C             C
1|---7x-----------|----------------|----------------|----0-----------|
2|---8x-----------|---10x----------|-8--------------|-1--------------|
3|---7x-----------|---7x-----------|-5--------------|-0--------------|
4|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
5|-7--------------|-9--------------|-7/3------------|-3--------------|
6|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|


   Em7          Bm/D     Am/C         Bm/D
He stalked each night in rubber soles

Em7      Bm/D  Am/C    Bm/D
Prowling for a lead

Em7   Bm/D     Am/C           Bm/D
Silhouettes on window blinds

     Em7      Bm/D Am/C    C
Were all he'd ever need

  Bm/D         Am/C
A credit card away

              Bm/D           Am/C   C
From breaking in the laundry room

Bm/D              Am/C
Nothing now could squelch his plot

    Am/C
Our character assumed


Upon his entry to the room
He tried to be discreet
But then he felt a tacky tug
Beneath his cautious feet
Ignoring this he didn't read
The landord's sign that said
Caution - wet paint on the floor
A coat of crimson red

C
Strangler of Baltimore

    Gmaj
The odds were on your side

D
Even in the tiny towns

     Gmaj
It's effortless to hide

C                  Cm
Call it fate or justice

       Gmaj       D    Em7
Or the payback of your prey

          Em7/G  D       Cmaj
But those bright red footprints


Will always give you away


He peeled his shoes along the hall
To basement flat 2B
No need to knock the door's unlocked
He opens gingerly
An E flat string away
From stealing the flight attendant's breath
The B-town sun can set their press
For one more tragic death

Strangler of Baltimore
You thought there was no trace
Like a lightning bolt
You never strike a once-struck place
Call it fate or justice
Or the payback of your prey
But those bright red footprints
Will always give you away

(Em7/G - D - C) x2

He did B-town a favor
When he gave police a tip
He drew a dotted line
To remind them of his trip
Our men are on his trail
The chief inspector said
Before he'd hit is snooze alarm
They cuffed him in his bed

CHORUS