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