John Law Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
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[Verse 1]
Well, [G]me and Big Dom
was a- getting it on
In [C]a club down in New Or[G]leans
Before it was over, we got half loaded
And [Bb]picked up a couple of [D]queens
Then we [G]hit every hotspot in that town
[C]And some that were kinda low[G]
[C]We were at one spot down
[G]there on the bottom
When [D]the law came through the door
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[Verse 2]
Well, they took us and they booked
us at the county jail
And, [C]Lordy, what a sight [G]to see
They had Tennessee pickers and
Bourbon Street strippers
[Bb]And a murder in the first de[D]gree
Yeah, they [G]took us 'fore the judge
bright and early next morning
[C]Was a swinger right to the en[G]d
He [C]said, "I'll tell you, son,
just [G]like it is"
"And you can [D]tell it to your skinny friend"
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[Verse 3]
He said, "Don't you be messing with big John Law,
[C]son, it just ain't the thing to [G]do"
He said, "If you don't mess with big John Law,
then he [Bb]ain't gonna mess with [Eb]you"
[D]Yeah, "And [G]don't you go give me no innocent plea,
'cause I [C]know it didn't happen that [G]way"
"If [C]you and your friend had been in[G]nocent,
then you'd be [D]out [Eb]on the street today"

[Interlude 1]
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[Em]
[G]Well, he

[Verse 4]
led us up one side and
then down the other
Quoted [C]law 'til he turned [G]blue
He said some big,
long words that I'd never heard
But some [Bb]four- letter ones
that I [Eb]knew[D]
"Yeah, gon' [G]be a hundred dollars
and get out of Louisiana"
"And I [C]never wanna see you [G]again"
"But be[C]fore you go,
I'm gonna [G]tell you once more"
"And you can [D]tell it to your
[Eb]skinny [G]friend"

[Verse 5]
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He said, "Don't you be messing with big John Law,
son, it [C]just ain't the thing [G]to do"
"If you don't mess with big John Law,
then he [Bb]ain't gonna mess with [Eb]you"[D]
"And [G]don't you go give me no innocent plea,
'cause I [C]know it didn't happen that [G]way"
[C]"If you and your friend had been innoc[G]ent,
then you'd be [D]out [G]on [Eb]the street [G]today"

[Verse 6]
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He said, "Don't you go give me no innocent plea,
[C]'cause I know it didn't happen that [G]way"
"If [C]you and your friend had been in[G]nocent,
then you'd be [D]out [G]on [D]the street [G]today"

[Outro 1]
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