Intro F#5 G#5 E5 B5 F#5 G#5 Badge number 301 E5 B5 F#5 Sits in his car and stares at his gun F#5 He wipes the the blood from his shirt G#5 The sweat from his brow E5 B5 He got out this time but he don't know how E5 B5 Well he'd go on home but nobody's there F#5 B5 No one to hold no one to care F#5 G#5 There was a time he had someone E5 B5 But one day he came home she was gone G#5 E5 Love and a 45 F#5 B5 Are all you need to get thru the night G#5 E5 One'll kill you one'll keep you alive F#5 B5 Love and a 45 F#5 G#5 Parole number fourteen oh two E5 B5 F#5 Stands on the corner like she used to do F#5 G#5 She's been away awhile so she's a little afraid E5 B5 And the judge said he didn't want to see her again E5 B5 But she's got no money she's got no rent F#5 B5 The money she had is already spent F#5 G#5 Cause a couple of weeks ago she learned her lesson E5 B5 Went and brought herself a little Smith and Wesson G#5 E5 Love and a 45 F#5 B5 Are all you need to get thru the night G#5 E5 One'll kill you one'll keep you alive F#5 B5 Love and a 45 G#5 E5 F#5 B5 G#5 E5 F#5 G#5 B5 F#5 C#5 E5 At 3:15 he got a call somebody heard a scream behind a wall B5 F#5 At a little motel down by the bay C#5 E5 But before he got there they got away F#5 G#5 E5 B5 F#5 G#5 Well she was all right just a little roughed up E5 B5 F#5 So he took her down to the coffee shop F#5 G#5 The report he filed said victim unknown E5 B5 Now she waits up nights for him to come home (Chorus) G#5 E5 Love and a 45 F#5 B5 Are all you need to get thru the night G#5 E5 One'll kill you one'll keep you alive F#5 B5 Love and a 45 G#5 E5 Love and a 45 F#5 B5 Are all you need to get thru the night G#5 E5 One'll kill you one'll keep you alive F#5 B5 Love and a 45 (Fade out)
