Speed trap chords by
Hoyt Axton
Hoyt Axton

N/A
Key: C major
Intro 1
G
G

C
C

G
G

Verse 1
C
C

F
F

I'm the cop in a little bitty town
G
G

C
C

And I don't get much pay
G
G

C
C

Oh, but I caught seventeen
F
F

out of state cars
G
G

And four of my friends today
C
C

Verse 2
G
G

C
C

G
G

F
F

Yeah, I let the hometown boys go home
G
G

C
C

They paid five dollars bail
Oh, but all the drivers in
F
F

G
G

C
C

Am
Am

The out of state cars had to go to jail
G
G

Well, they
Verse 3
C
C

G
G

hollered and they moaned
F
F

And they cried and they groaned
G
G

C
C

G
G

They all swore that they'd sue
C
C

F
F

But the judge was high and so was I
G
G

And we needed the money too
C
C

Verse 4
Am
Am

G
G

C
C

G
G

F
F

Yeah, the judge and me got a deal
G
G

C
C

You see we split the money fair
G
G

Except for thirty percent
F
F

to the county seat
G
G

To keep the law out of our hair
C
C

Verse 5
G
G

C
C

And old Charlie's working
G
G

C
C

F
F

out real good
G
G

Down at the corner store where
C
C

G
G

C
C

G
G

The red light is he sees
F
F

them out of state
G
G

C
C

Plates two blocks away
And when they get right up on
G
G

Fm
Fm

F
F

Top of that green light
G
G

Old Charlie pushes that
C
C

secret button
G
G

Underneath the corner
C
C

F
F

drugstore counter
G
G

That yellow light only lasts for
C
C

A tenth of a second
G
G

Oh, the
Verse 6
C
C

G
G

county pays me
F
F

about forty a week
G
G

C
C

Ain't that the living end
If it wasn't for them tourists in
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F

Them out of state cars
G
G

C
C

I'd have no look to spend
G
G

But the way
Verse 7
C
C

F
F

it stands this year so far
G
G

C
C

I've made a hundred thou
G
G

F
F

For a high school dro
pout I'm a doin' fine
G
G

I make more than the president now
C
C

Am
Am

G
G

Of course he's hon est
Verse 8
C
C

F
F

So if you're driving down the road
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G

C
C

G
G

And flashing lights you see
C
C

If they're on a top of
F
F

a red Rolls Royce
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G

C
C

You can bet your boots it's me
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G

'Cause I'm
Verse 9
C
C

G
G

F
F

the cop in a little bitty town
G
G

C
C

G
G

And I'd sure like to see
C
C

G
G

F
F

All the drivers in them out of state cars
G
G

Try to get by me
C
C

G
G

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