This Side of the Law chords by Johnny Cash

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Verse 1

This Side of the Law

Verse 2
C 
 (C major) 
On this side of the law
On that side of the law
F 
C 
F 
C 
 (F major) Who is  (C major) right?  (F major) Who is  (C major) wrong?
F 
Who is weak?  (F major) Who is strong?
C 
G 
C 
 (C major) Who is for and  (G major) who?s against the law?  (C major) 

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Verse 3
C 
F 
C 
You see, I  (C major) didn't really mean  (F major) and harm  (C major) 
But I simply couldn't
G 
make it on the farm  (G major) 
C 
When the land  (C major) won't give a lot
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You going to  (F major) do with what you got
Dm 
D 
And  (D minor) all I  (D major) got's the muscle in
G 
My  (G major) arm bum! bum! bum!
C 
F 
C 
Well, I  (C major) wouldn't ever hurt  (F major) my fellow  (C major) man
And it seems to me that
G 
you could under stand  (G major) 
C 
I'm just  (C major) trying to help my
F 
Self without hurt (F major) ing somebody else
D 
G 
And a  (D major) man has got to  (G major) do the best he can
C 
 (C major) 

Verse 4
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C 
F 
C 
F 
G 
C 
F 
C 
F 
 (F major) Well,  (C major)  (F major)  (C major)  (F major)  (G major)  (C major)  (F major)  (C major)  (F major) 
G 
C 
F 
C 
F 
C 
F 
G 
 (G major)  (C major)  (F major)  (C major)  (F major)  (C major)  (F major)  (G major) 
C 
F 
C 
 (C major) I didn't mean  (F major) to let my fam'ly  (C major) down
G 
And I'm not giving you  (G major) the run a round
C 
I'd  (C major) much rather be dead than have
F 
To beg  (F major) my daily bread
D 
And to  (D major) pay my way no matter
G 
Where I'm  (G major) bound bum! bum! bum!
C 
F 
C 
Well, I  (C major) didn't really think  (F major) that I did  (C major) wrong
G 
So long as I stayed here where I belong  (G major) 
C 
I did the  (C major) only thing I could
F 
Same  (F major) as anybody would
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G 
And  (D major) I  was simply try (G major) ing to get along