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Johnny Law - William Elliott Whitmore
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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.
