Key: A major
Intro 1
G
C
G
Verse 1
we were tearing it up
D
C
G
We hit every high spot in that town
G
C
We were at one spot down
G
C
there on the bottom
D
A
D
G
when the law came through the door
Well, they took us
and they booked us
at the county jail
and Bourbon street strippers
D
Bm
G
They took us for the judge's pride
And early next morning
C
G
was a swinger right to the end
C
G
He said, I'll tell you, son, just like it is
C
D
G
And you can tell that to your skinny friend
G
C
messin' with Big John Law
G
C
G
Son, it just ain't the thing to do
If you don't mess with Big John Law
A
D
Then he ain't gonna mess with you
G
C
G
Don't you go and give me
no innocent play
C
G
C
Cause I know it didn't happen that way
G
C
If you and your friend
G
C
had been innocent then
G
D
He'd be out on the street
G
C
G
C
G
today
C
G
C
G
Well, he read us up one side
and then down the other
C
G
Cody Laws, he turned blue
He said some big long words
that I'd never heard
A
D
But some four -letter words I knew
Bm
G
And I'll you a hundred dollars
and get out of Louisiana
C
G
And I never want to see you again
C
D
And you can tell it to your
G
C
skinny friend
G
C
G
Baby, don't you be messin' with Big John Law,
C
G
son, it just ain't the thing to do
C
G
If you don't mess with Big John Law,
D
C
Bm
C
G
An d don't you go
givin' me no innocent plea,
C
G
cause I know it didn't happen that way
C
G
If you and your friend had been innocent,
C
D
then you'd be out on the
G
C
street today
with big John Law,
C
G
son, it just ain't the thing to do
C
G
C
G
If you don't mess with big John Law,
A
D
then he ain't gonna mess with you
C
G
Don't you go and give
C
G
me no innocent plea,
If you and your friend had been
G
C
G
innocent then,
C
D
G
C
G
you'd be out on the street today
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