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Johnny Law - William Elliott Whitmore
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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|----0-----X-----2-----3-----2-----------|
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:
Well I was driving down the road just a minding my own when Johnny Law
pulled up from behind
He walked up to my window and said, roll it down and let me see what I can
find
I said, no way, what's mine is mine and I'd appreciate it if you'd leave me
be
He said, I'll leave you be alright, in a cell all night, I'll lock you up
and throw away the key
He slapped them cuffs on my wrist
And my hands clenched into fists
And I wished I could have punched him in the jaw
And 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-----------------------|
Ohh Johnny Law
Johnny Law
He's the littlest man I ever saw
With his badge and his gun, he'll just hassle everyone
He'll get you on the run Johnny Law
(INTRO)
VERSE:
He took me down to the state house
And he hurled that book at me
And bein' in a cell is like being in hell for a man who longs to be free
I sat there and I wondered, just what gave this man the right
To leave me to rot here on this rickety cot, just a staring at the ceiling
all night
And I couldn't help but think of the words of my dear departed Pa
He said, do the best you can, be a good man, but don't you never trust
Johnny Law
CHORUS: (THE SAME WALK UP TO A)
Ohh Johnny Law
Johnny Law
He's the littlest man I ever saw
With his badge and his gun, he'll just hassle everyone
He'll get you on the run Johnny Law
VERSE:
Without any proof they couldn't keep me there so they let me out in the
morning
And that cop said, son, I don't know what you done, but just consider this a
little warning
I said, it must take a lot of nerve to protect and to serve but I wonder
what it would be like
If you didn't have that badge or that gun or that uniform to hide behind
And although I feel, that this whole deal, I got, was pretty damn wrong
My conscience is clean, cause I'm a human being,
And you're just Johnny Law
CHORUS: (THE SAME WALK UP TO A)
Ohh Johnny Law
Johnny Law
He's the littlest man I ever saw
With his badge and his gun, he'll just hassle everyone
He'll get you on the run Johnny Law
With his badge and his gun, he'll just hassle everyone
You'll 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.