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their debut EP for free on their website, so get it and listen for strum patterns. 
Verse: 
AmOld man Johnny Law, he came knockinEm' on my door
AmI shot him dead, twice in the head
EmHe won't bother me no more
AmI'm going down to Texas 
EmWhere the city meets the sun
FI think it's time I lay down Emmy gunsAm  
FI think it's time I lay down Emmy gunsAm  
So I found myself a chapel
Bowed my head and learned to pray
When I saw the preacher's daughter
She turned her eyes my way
She climbed into my back seat
And I showed her all of my scars
Lord knows we can fall so far
Lord knows we can fall so far
DmBut my skin is so thick that I don't fAmeel at all
EmAnd when the fire starts burning I'm the last one you'll Amcall
DmSee my hands are so calloused and bAmruised
FMy heart will stay black and blEmueAm  
I took a job in Mississippi working on the train
That's where I learned to gamble and to drink away my pain
When my fears grab hold of me they call me by my name
Lord knows I can't change
Lord knows I can't change
But my skin is so thick that I don't feel at all
And when the fire starts burning I'm the last one you'll call
See my hands are so calloused and bruised
My heart will stay black and blue
(guitar solo) Play chorus chords
So I'll take what I've been given
I can't change the things I've done
Lord knows my time has come
Lord knows my time has come
(guitar solo 2)Play chorus chords
Yeah my skin is so thick that I don't feel at all
And when the fire starts burning I'm the last one you'll call
See my hands are so calloused and bruised
My heart will stay black and blue

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Johnny Law

by The Wanderer

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Chords in this song · guitar

their debut EP for free on their website, so get it and listen for strum patterns.

Verse:

Am Em

Old man Johnny Law, he came knockin' on my door

I shot him dead, twice in the head

He won't bother me no more

I'm going down to Texas

Where the city meets the sun

F Em Am

I think it's time I lay down my guns

F Em Am

I think it's time I lay down my guns

So I found myself a chapel

Bowed my head and learned to pray

When I saw the preacher's daughter

She turned her eyes my way

She climbed into my back seat

And I showed her all of my scars

Lord knows we can fall so far

Dm Am

But my skin is so thick that I don't feel at all

Em Am

And when the fire starts burning I'm the last one you'll call

Dm Am

See my hands are so calloused and bruised

F Em Am

My heart will stay black and blue

I took a job in Mississippi working on the train

That's where I learned to gamble and to drink away my pain

When my fears grab hold of me they call me by my name

Lord knows I can't change

But my skin is so thick that I don't feel at all

And when the fire starts burning I'm the last one you'll call

See my hands are so calloused and bruised

My heart will stay black and blue

(guitar solo) Play chorus chords

So I'll take what I've been given

I can't change the things I've done

Lord knows my time has come

(guitar solo 2)Play chorus chords

Yeah my skin is so thick that I don't feel at all

And when the fire starts burning I'm the last one you'll call

See my hands are so calloused and bruised

My heart will stay black and blue

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