John Law chords by
Buck Owens
Buck Owens

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Key: Bb major
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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Well, me and Big Dom
was a- getting it on
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In a club down in New Orleans
Before it was over, we got half loaded
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And picked up a couple of queens
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Then we hit every hotspot in that town
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And some that were kinda low
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We were at one spot down
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there on the bottom
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When the law came through the door
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Verse 2
Well, they took us and they booked
us at the county jail
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And, Lordy, what a sight to see
They had Tennessee pickers and
Bourbon Street strippers
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And a murder in the first degree
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Yeah, they took us 'fore the judge
bright and early next morning
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Was a swinger right to the end
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He said, "I'll tell you, son,
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just like it is"
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"And you can tell it to your skinny friend"
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Verse 3
He said, "Don't you be messing with big John Law,
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son, it just ain't the thing to do"
He said, "If you don't mess with big John Law,
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then he ain't gonna mess with you"
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Yeah, "And don't you go give me no innocent plea,
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'cause I know it didn't happen that way"
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"If you and your friend had been innocent,
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then you'd be out on the street today"
Interlude 1
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Em
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Well, he
Verse 4
led us up one side and
then down the other
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Quoted law 'til he turned blue
He said some big,
long words that I'd never heard
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But some four- letter ones
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that I knew
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"Yeah, gon' be a hundred dollars
and get out of Louisiana"
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"And I never wanna see you again"
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"But before you go,
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I'm gonna tell you once more"
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"And you can tell it to your
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G
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skinny friend"
Verse 5
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He said, "Don't you be messing with big John Law,
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son, it just ain't the thing to do"
"If you don't mess with big John Law,
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D
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then he ain't gonna mess with you"
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"And don't you go give me no innocent plea,
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'cause I know it didn't happen that way"
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"If you and your friend had been innocent,
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then you'd be out on the street today"
Verse 6
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He said, "Don't you go give me no innocent plea,
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G
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'cause I know it didn't happen that way"
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G
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"If you and your friend had been innocent,
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then you'd be out on the street today"
Outro 1
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