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John Lawman

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Eminor

90BPM

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1/3

Tempo 80 BPMVol

Sound:

Position

Step 1 / 3Position: 3

1 index2 middle3 ring4 pinkyO openSpace = play/pause

Structure:
|  E5/  /  /  /  |  D5/  /  /  /  |  C5/  /  D5/  /  |  E5/  /  C5/  D5/  |
Chords:
e|--C5----D5----E5---|
B|-------------|
G|--5---7---9--|
D|--5---7---9--|
A|--3---5---7--|
E|-------------|
Lyrics:
                               E5|
    I kill people all day long,
    D5I sing my song,
         |   C5   D5|      E5   C5   D5|
because I'm John    Lawman.
I kill people all day long,
I sing my song,
because I'm John Lawman.
[And that's it, really. Repeat as many times as you can stand.]

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John Lawman

by Roky Erickson

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

Structure:

E5 D5 C5 D5 E5 C5 D5

| / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / |

Chords:

C5 D5 E5

e|-------------|

B|-------------|

G|--5---7---9--|

D|--5---7---9--|

A|--3---5---7--|

E|-------------|

Lyrics:

I kill people all day long,

I sing my song,

C5 D5 E5 C5 D5

| | |

because I'm John Lawman.

I kill people all day long,

I sing my song,

because I'm John Lawman.

[And that's it, really. Repeat as many times as you can stand.]

About John Lawman Chords by Roky Erickson

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