The long arm of the law chords by Warren Zevon

SimplifiedEm · C · Dsus4 · D · E …

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Em
C
Dsus4
D
E
A
Esus4
Bbdim
B
Am

Intro 1

When I was young,

Verse 1
times were hard
A 
E 
 (A major) When I got older it was worse  (E major) 
Em 
E 
Esus4 
First  (E minor) words I ever  (E major)  (Esus4) 
E 
A 
 (E major)  (A major) heard:
Bbdim 
B 
"Nobody move, nobody  (B flatdim) get  (B major) hurt"

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Verse 2

It's the long arm, it's the strong arm

It's the long arm of the law

It's the long arm, it's the strong arm

It's the long arm of the law

Verse 3
E 
A 
After the  (E major) war in Paraguay  (A major) 
Em 
E 
Back in nineteen ninety- nine  (E minor)  (E major) 
Em 
E 
A 
I was laying low in Lima  (E minor)  (E major)  (A major) 
Working both sides of the
Bbdim 
B 
 (B flatdim) border   line  (B major) 
Em 
 (E minor) 

Verse 4
C 
 (C major) 
D 
Em 
It's the  (D major) long  (E minor) arm,
Esus4 
Em 
C 
D 
Em 
C 
D 
 (Esus4)  (E minor) it's  (C major)  (D major)  (E minor) the strong  (C major)  (D major) arm
Em 
 (E minor) 
C 
D 
Em 
It's  (C major) the  (D major) long arm of the law  (E minor) 
E 
 (E major) You can

Verse 5

run,

Interlude 1

but you can't hide

Verse 6
Em 
C 
Well, I  (E minor) have to live like a fu (C major) gitive
D 
Em 
Oh yeah,  (D major) oh yeah  (E minor) 
C 
Someone's coming after  (C major) me
D 
And I'm run (D major) ning, running, yeah
Em 
 (E minor) 

Verse 7
E 
Em 
E 
A 
 (E major) Now,  (E minor) don't protest your  (E major) innocence  (A major) 
Am 
A 
Only the  (A minor) dead get off scot (A major) t free
Esus4 
E 
And  (Esus4)  (E major) when the judge says,
A 
 (A major) "Whodunit?"
Bbdim 
B 
Em 
You'll be crying, "Not  (B flatdim) me! Not  (B major)  (E minor) me!"