------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Johnny Law - William Elliott Whitmore ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tabbed by: Steve Email: drtywrk_21@hotmail.com Tuning: Standard First time I saw him play this tune it was on the banjo. Then the new album he plays it on guitar with a slide. I just saw him recently and he played it on the guitar with no slide and that is the way I am going to tab it. If you want to use a slide, it's not too difficult... just slide to the same notes. Love this tune though. Chords used: You can play the whole A chord if you would like. E (022100@1) A5 (x022xx@1) B7 (x21202@1) G (320003@1) Be|----0-----X-----2-----3-----2-----------| (x2444x@1)B|----0-----X-----0-----3-----4-----------| G|----1-----X-----2-----4-----4-----------| D|----2-----2-----1-----5-----4-----------| A|----2-----0-----2-----5-----2-----------| E|----0-----X-----X-----3-----X-----------| Intro: For the intro I use my pinky to slide on the e string and have my hand ready to go to the E chord quickly. Pretty sure that's how he does it. (Also if you kinda loosely strum it and hit the B string on occasion, it's not a big deal...it actually sounds good). e|--0-2-0-2/4-444-4/2-2-0-2-0-----------| B|--------------------------0-----------| G|--------------------------1-----------| D|--------------------------2-----------| A|--------------------------2-----------| E|--------------------------0-----------| VERSE: E (022100@1) A (x02220@1) E (022100@1) Well I was driving down the road just a minding my own when Johnny Law B7 (x21202@1) Epulled (022100@1)up from behind E (022100@1) A (x02220@1) E (022100@1) G (320003@1) He walked up to my window and said, roll it down and let me see what I can Bfind (x2444x@1)E (022100@1) A (x02220@1) E (022100@1) B7I (x21202@1)said, no way, what's mine is mine and I'd appreciate it if you'd leave me Ebe (022100@1)E (022100@1) A (x02220@1) EHe (022100@1)said, I'll leave you be alright, in a cell all night, I'll lock you up B7 (x21202@1) Eand (022100@1)throw away the key AHe (x02220@1)slapped them cuffs on my wrist EAnd (022100@1)my hands clenched into fists B7And (x21202@1)I wished I could have punched him in the jaw EAnd (022100@1)knock out old Johnny Law CHORUS: (right here he does a walk up to A that goes like so) e|-----------------------------| B|-----------------------------| G|-----------------------------| D|---------2-------------------| A|---------0-------------------| E|-0-2-4-----------------------| AOhh (x02220@1)Johnny Law EJohnny (022100@1)Law B7He's (x21202@1)the littlest man I ever saw E (022100@1) A (x02220@1) EWith (022100@1)his badge and his gun, he'll just hassle everyone B7 (x21202@1) EHe'll (022100@1)get you on the run Johnny Law (INTRO) VERSE: E (022100@1) He took me down to the state house A (x02220@1) EAnd (022100@1)he hurled that book at me A (x02220@1) E (022100@1) G (320003@1) BAnd (x2444x@1)bein' in a cell is like being in hell for a man who longs to be free E (022100@1) A (x02220@1) EI (022100@1)sat there and I wondered, just what gave this man the right E (022100@1) A (x02220@1) E (022100@1) B7 (x21202@1) To leave me to rot here on this rickety cot, just a staring at the ceiling Eall (022100@1)night A (x02220@1) E (022100@1)And I couldn't help but think of the words of my dear departed Pa A (x02220@1) E (022100@1) He said, do the best you can, be a good man, but don't you never trust B7 (x21202@1) EJohnny (022100@1)Law CHORUS: (THE SAME WALK UP TO A) AOhh (x02220@1)Johnny Law EJohnny (022100@1)Law B7He's (x21202@1)the littlest man I ever saw E (022100@1) A (x02220@1) EWith (022100@1)his badge and his gun, he'll just hassle everyone B7 (x21202@1) EHe'll (022100@1)get you on the run Johnny Law VERSE: E (022100@1) A (x02220@1) E (022100@1) B7 (x21202@1) Without any proof they couldn't keep me there so they let me out in the Emorning (022100@1)E (022100@1) A (x02220@1) E (022100@1) G (320003@1) And that cop said, son, I don't know what you done, but just consider this a Blittle (x2444x@1)warning E (022100@1) A (x02220@1) E (022100@1) I said, it must take a lot of nerve to protect and to serve but I wonder B7 (x21202@1) Ewhat (022100@1)it would be like E (022100@1) B7 (x21202@1) EIf (022100@1)you didn't have that badge or that gun or that uniform to hide behind A (x02220@1) EAnd (022100@1)although I feel, that this whole deal, I got, was pretty damn wrong A (x02220@1) E (022100@1)My conscience is clean, cause I'm a human being, B7 (x21202@1) EAnd (022100@1)you're just Johnny Law CHORUS: (THE SAME WALK UP TO A) AOhh (x02220@1)Johnny Law EJohnny (022100@1)Law B7He's (x21202@1)the littlest man I ever saw E (022100@1) A (x02220@1) E (022100@1) With his badge and his gun, he'll just hassle everyone B7 (x21202@1) EHe'll (022100@1)get you on the run Johnny Law E (022100@1) A (x02220@1) EWith (022100@1)his badge and his gun, he'll just hassle everyone B7 (x21202@1) EYou'll (022100@1)never get me on the run Johnny Law OUTRO IS SAME AS INTRO AS HE HUMS ALONG TO THE MELODY. Alright that's it. That felt like it took forever. I can't imagine how long its takes someone to tab out something like "Green Grass and High Tides." Cheers.