{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":823662,"song":"Johnny Law","artist":"William Elliott Whitmore","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11597051-johnny-law-chords-by-william-elliott-whitmore/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/823662?type=chord","rating":4.81734,"votes":33,"content":"-------------------------------------------------------------------------------\r\n-------------------------------------------------------------------------------\r\nTuning: Standard\r\n\r\n[tab]Chords used: You can play the whole A chord if you would like.\r\n      [ch]E[/ch]     [ch]A5[/ch]    [ch]B7[/ch]   [ch]F#[/ch]     [ch]B[/ch]\r\ne|----0-----X-----2-----2-----2-----------|[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]B[/ch]|----0-----X-----0-----2-----4-----------|\r\n[ch]G[/ch]|----1-----X-----2-----3-----4-----------|\r\nD|----2-----2-----1-----4-----4-----------|\r\nA|----2-----0-----2-----4-----2-----------|[/tab]\r\n[ch]E[/ch]|----0-----X-----X-----2-----X-----------|\r\n\r\nIntro: For the intro I use my pinky to slide on the e string and have \r\nmy hand ready to go to the E chord quickly. Pretty sure that's how\r\nhe does it. (Also if you kinda loosely strum it and hit the B string\r\n\r\n[tab]e|--0-2-0-2/4-444-4/2-2-0-2-0-----------|\r\nB|--------------------------0-----------|\r\nG|--------------------------1-----------|\r\nD|--------------------------2-----------|\r\nA|--------------------------2-----------|\r\nE|--------------------------0-----------|[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                                       [ch]A[/ch]          [ch]E[/ch]\r\nWell I was driving down the road just a minding my own when Johnny Law[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]B7[/ch]      [ch]E[/ch]\r\npulled up from behind[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                                   [ch]A[/ch]       [ch]E[/ch]               [ch]F#[/ch]             [ch]B[/ch]\r\nHe walked up to my window and said, roll it down and let me see what I can find[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                      [ch]A[/ch]       [ch]E[/ch]                                   [ch]B7[/ch]       [ch]E[/ch]\r\nI said, no way, what's mine is mine and I'd appreciate it if you'd leave me be[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                                        [ch]A[/ch]        [ch]E[/ch]\r\nHe said, I'll leave you be alright, in a cell all night, I'll lock you up[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]B7[/ch]       [ch]E[/ch]\r\nand throw away the key[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]A[/ch]\r\nHe slapped them cuffs on my wrist[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAnd my hands clenched into fists[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                             [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nAnd I wished I could have punched him in the jaw[/tab]\r\n[tab]                         [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAnd knock out old Johnny Law[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][Chorus]\r\n(right here he does a walk up to A that goes like so)\r\ne|-----------------------------|\r\nB|-----------------------------|\r\nG|-----------------------------|\r\nD|---------2-------------------|\r\nA|---------0-------------------|\r\nE|-0-2-4-----------------------|[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]A[/ch]\r\nOh, Johnny Law[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]E[/ch]\r\nJohnny Law[/tab]\r\n[tab]                             [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nHe's the littlest man I ever saw[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]E[/ch]                             [ch]A[/ch]      [ch]E[/ch]\r\nWith his badge and his gun, he'll just hassle everyone[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]B7[/ch]         [ch]E[/ch]\r\nHe'll get you on the run Johnny Law[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Intro]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nHe took me down to the state house[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]A[/ch]                   [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAnd he hurled that book at me[/tab]\r\n[tab]                       [ch]A[/ch]             [ch]E[/ch]          [ch]F#[/ch]                   [ch]B[/ch]\r\nAnd bein' in a cell is like being in hell for a man who longs to be free[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                                     [ch]A[/ch]                 [ch]E[/ch]\r\nI sat there and I wondered, just what gave this man the right[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                               [ch]A[/ch]       [ch]E[/ch]          [ch]B7[/ch]       \r\nTo leave me to rot here on this rickety cot, just a staring at the ceiling [/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]E[/ch]\r\nall night[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]A[/ch]                             [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAnd I couldn't help but think of the words of my dear departed Pa[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                   [ch]A[/ch]      [ch]E[/ch]\r\nHe said, do the best you can, be a good man, but don't you never trust[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]B7[/ch]     [ch]E[/ch]\r\nJohnny Law[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus] (THE SAME WALK UP TO A)\r\n[tab]          [ch]A[/ch]\r\nOh, Johnny Law[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]E[/ch]\r\nJohnny Law[/tab]\r\n[tab]                             [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nHe's the littlest man I ever saw[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]E[/ch]                             [ch]A[/ch]      [ch]E[/ch]\r\nWith his badge and his gun, he'll just hassle everyone[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]B7[/ch]         [ch]E[/ch]\r\nHe'll get you on the run Johnny Law[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                               [ch]A[/ch]       [ch]E[/ch]                               [ch]E[/ch]\r\nWithout any proof they couldn't keep me there so they let me out in the morning[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                                    [ch]A[/ch]        [ch]E[/ch]              [ch]F#[/ch]             \r\nAnd that cop said, son, I don't know what you done, but just consider this a [/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]B[/ch]\r\nlittle warning[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                                      [ch]A[/ch]           [ch]E[/ch]                        \r\nI said, it must take a lot of nerve to protect and to serve but I wonder [/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]B7[/ch]       [ch]E[/ch]\r\nwhat it would be like[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                                                      [ch]B7[/ch]         [ch]E[/ch]\r\nIf you didn't have that badge or that gun or that uniform to hide behind[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]A[/ch]                                      [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAnd although I feel, that this whole deal, I got, was pretty damn wrong[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                   [ch]A[/ch]       [ch]E[/ch]\r\nMy conscience is clean, 'cause I'm a human being,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]B7[/ch]     [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAnd you're just Johnny Law[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus] (THE SAME WALK UP TO A)\r\n[tab]          [ch]A[/ch]\r\nOh, Johnny Law[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]E[/ch]\r\nJohnny Law[/tab]\r\n[tab]                             [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nHe's the littlest man I ever saw[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]E[/ch]                             [ch]A[/ch]      [ch]E[/ch]\r\nWith his badge and his gun, he'll just hassle everyone[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]B7[/ch]         [ch]E[/ch]\r\nHe'll get you on the run Johnny Law[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                                      [ch]A[/ch]      [ch]E[/ch]\r\nWith his badge and his gun, he'll just hassle everyone[/tab]\r\n[tab]                            [ch]B7[/ch]        [ch]E[/ch]\r\nYou'll never get me on the run Johnny Law[/tab]\r\n\r\nOUTRO IS SAME AS INTRO AS HE HUMS ALONG TO THE MELODY.","plain_text":"-------------------------------------------------------------------------------\n-------------------------------------------------------------------------------\nTuning: Standard\n\n\n\nE|----0-----X-----X-----2-----X-----------|\n\nIntro: For the intro I use my pinky to slide on the e string and have \nmy hand ready to go to the E chord quickly. Pretty sure that's how\nhe does it. (Also if you kinda loosely strum it and hit the B string\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Intro]\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus] (THE SAME WALK UP TO A)\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus] (THE SAME WALK UP TO A)\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOUTRO IS SAME AS INTRO AS HE HUMS ALONG TO THE MELODY.","chords":["A","E","A5","B7","F#","B","G","D"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"B":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,2,3,4,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,4,2]},"B7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,1,3,0,4],"frets":[-1,2,1,2,0,2]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}