I've Got Rights chords by Hank Williams, Jr.
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Intro 1
(C major) (D major) (B flat major) (D major)
Verse 1
I went down to the Mary (C major)
Carter paint (G major) store
I said, (D major) "Give me one of them Smith (Csus2)
(C major) & Wesson (G major) Magnum (D major) 44s"
'Cause there's a man that the law (Csus2) let
Loose (C major) and (G major) justice was not
done (F major) this man
He killed (G major) my wife and my
(C major) only little (Csus2) son
(D major)
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Verse 2
I'll never forget (Csus2) the way he (C major)
(G major) Looked all through the trial
(D major) He had his big name lawyer (Csus2) (C major) and
He (G major) had that smirky smile
(D major) Woah, yeah,
he (C major) got you off on a technicality (G major) (F major)
But you have to grow wings (G major) and fly
To (C major) ever get away (Csus2) from me
(D major)
Verse 3
'Cause I got right (G major) s,
I got rights too (D minor) (D major) (D minor)
And (Csus2) this time there won't
be (C major) no (G major) damn
Lawyers and systems (B flat major) to protect you (D major) (D minor)
(D major) But I'm gonna read (G major) you
I'm gonna read you your rights (D minor) (D major)
You got a right (C major) to know that (G major) you gonna
Go to (B flat major) hell one of these black nights
(D major) (C major) (D major) (C major) (D major)
Verse 4
And when the trial was over, (C major)
he
(Csus2) Had the nerve (C major) to say (G major)
"That's the way it goes"
(D major) I said, "Well, Hoss, you'd better
Get (C major) you some corks
'cause you're (G major) gonna have to plug
Up a few holes" (D major)
Guess he thought (D minor) I was talkin' (C major)
(Csus2) (C major) (G major) Just to pass away time (F major)
But he kinda looks (D major) (G major) different
Now on his (C major) knees,
beggin' for (Csus2) his (C major) life
(D major)
Verse 5
Hey, I got rights, (G major) I got some rights too (D minor)
(D major) And (Csus2) this time there won't
be no (G major) damn
Lawyers and systems (B flat major) to protect you (D major) (D minor)
But I'm gon (D major) na read (G major) you
I'm gonna read you your rights (D minor) (D major)
Because (D minor) I (Csus2) want you to know
(C major) that (G major) you're gonna
Go to (B flat major) hell one of (C major) these black night
(Dsus4) (C major) s
Interlude 1
(C major) (A minor) (D major) (D minor) (B flat major) (D major)
Verse 6
Naw, and (C major) this time (Csus2)
there ain't (C major) no (G major) damn
Lawyers and systems (B flat major) to save you
Outro 1
(D major) (C major) (D major)
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