State Trooper Cifras

STATE TROOPER
As recorded by Charles Wesley Goodwin
(2024 release)
 
 
Capo 4th fret
 
 
Play this riff throughout (w/ capo 4th fret):
 
   E5
e|--------------------|
B|--------------------|
G|--------------------|
D|--------------------|
A|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2----|
E|-0-0-4-0-0-0-4-0----|
 
 
[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
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New Jersey turnpike
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Ridin' on a wet night
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Beneath the refinery's glow
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Out where those great black rivers flow
 
 
[Verse 2]
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License, registration
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I ain't got none
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But I got a clear conscience
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About the things that I've done
 
 
[Chorus]
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Mister State Trooper
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Please don't stop me
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Please don't stop me
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Please don't stop me
 
 
[Verse 3]
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Maybe you've got a kid
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Maybe you've got a pretty wife
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Well the only thing that I've got's
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Been botherin' me my whole life
 
 
[Chorus]
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Mister State Trooper
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Please don't stop me
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Please don't stop me
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Please don't stop me
 
 
[Verse 4]
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Well in the wee, wee hours
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Your mind gets hazy
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Radio relay towers
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Gonna lead me to my baby
 
 
[Verse 5]
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Radio's jammed up
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With talk show stations
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Just talk, talk, talk, talk
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'Til you lose your patience
 
 
[Chorus]
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Mister State Trooper
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Please don't stop me
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Please don't stop me
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Please don't stop me
 
 
[Interlude]
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Woo!
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Woo!
 
 
[Outro]
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Hey, somebody out there
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Listen to my last prayer
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Hi ho silver-o
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Deliver me from nowhere
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Woo!
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Wooo
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