Guns N' Roses - Perfect Crime: Guitar Chords

Learn to play "Perfect Crime" on your guitar with our chord guide. This page provides everything you need to perform this song on the guitar, including lyrics integrated with chords, chord diagrams, and a key transposer to match your vocal range.

For easier playing, use our Simplify Chords feature to remove difficult chords like barre.

G#m
Kickin' back in the shadows
G#m
Got no need for the light
G#m
Who's sorry now, old timer?
G#m
Look at how you've spent your life

A#m
Scrounging for change, to put some money in your pocket
A#m
My, how scratch does burn
A#m
Laughing at the suckers as you pissed it away

G#m
But I got the time
G#m
Even I got the muscle
G#m
I got the need to lay it all on the line
G#m
I ain't afraid of your smokescreen hustle

Chorus:
        B  A     F#
It's a perfect crime
                    B  A    F#
God dammit, it's a perfect crime
                      B  A   F#
Motherfucker, it's a perfect crime
              B   A  F#
I said, it's perfect

           C#7                      F#7
Keep the demons down and drag the skeletons out
         C#7                F#7
I got a blind man following me, in chains
             C#7                   F#7
I said, he's fun to watch when the world has stopped
       C#7                        C#7
An' I think he's got something to say

           C#7
You wanna fuck with me?
      F#7
Don't fuck with me
            C#7
'Cause I'm what you'll be
So don't fuck with me
       D#7
If you had better sense
            F#7                 B   A      F#
You'd just step aside from the bad side of me
                     B   A      F#
Don't fuck with the bad side of me
                    B   A      F#
Stay away from the bad side of me
                     B   A  F#
Don't fuck with the bad side

G#m
Call on everybody who's got last rites
G#m
Said, it's better if you locked them away
G#m
Running through the visions at the speed of light
           B   A  F#
Won't you let me be?
                    B   A  F#
Motherfucker, just let me be
                    B   A  F#
God dammit, better let me be
                           B   A F#
Don't you know you better let me aah!

Chorus:
Perfect crime
God dammit, it's a perfect crime
Motherfucker, it's a perfect crime
Don't you know, it's a perfect crime


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Guitar Chord Diagrams

A

Guitar chord A

A#m

Guitar chord A#m

C#7

Guitar chord C#7

D#7

Guitar chord D#7

F#

Guitar chord F#

F#7

Guitar chord F#7

G#m

Guitar chord G#m

B

Guitar chord B

Here you can see detailed diagrams for each guitar chord used in the song. Utilize our key transposer to adjust the chords to a key that better fits your singing range. Simply select the desired key, and the chords throughout this page will update automatically, ensuring you can play and sing comfortably.

If you are also interested in learning how to play "Perfect Crime" on the ukulele, check out the chords on our sister site: Ukulele Chords for "Perfect Crime" by Guns N' Roses.