Love Is Not Against The Law
Derek Webb - Mockingbird
Transcribed by John Huss

CPolitics (x32010@1)or love
             EmCan (022000@1)make you blind or make you see
           AmMake (x02210@1)you a slave or make you free
Am/G (302210@1)                    F (133211@1)    But only one does it all

         CAnd (x32010@1)it's giving up your life
        EmFor (022000@1)the ones you hate the most
     AmIt's (x02210@1)giving them your gown
                        D7When (xx0212@1)they've taken your clothes


     C (x32010@1)      Am (x02210@1) Em (022000@1) FIt's (133211@1)learning to admit
            C (x32010@1)   Am (x02210@1)    G (320003@1)          FWhen (133211@1)you've had a hand in setting them up
   G/B (143121@7)         F/CIn (133211@1)knocking them down


C (x32010@1)     FLove (133211@1)is not against the law
Am (x02210@1)    D7Love (xx0212@1)is not against the law
C (x32010@1)     G (320003@1)   F (133211@1)  C (x32010@1) Love, love, love


Are we defending life
When we just pick and choose
Lives acceptable to lose
And which ones to defend

'Cause you cannot choose your friends
But you choose your enemies
And what if they were one
One and the same

Could you find a way
To love them both the same
To give them your name

C:x32010
Em:022000
Am:x02210
G:320003
F:133211
G/B:x20003
F/C:x33211