Key: A
Introduction:
Ab
Somebody better call the law
B Gb
We done took it outside we're about to brawl
Ab
Ol' boy done put his hands on a woman
B Gb
Where I come from son the next thing comin' is a
Ab
Ass whoopin' in the parkin' lot
B Gb
I'm bout to drop this fool right in front of the cops
E Eb
I ain't gonna run I'm proud of what I've done
yeah
Ab B
Read me my rights put me in cuffs
Gb Ab
Take me in downtown barney lock me up
Ab B
And I'll do my time and raise my right hand
Gb
And I'll tell the judge I'll do it again
Verse
Ab
Well I heard it through the grapevine
B Gb
A good daddy and a husband is doin time
Ab
Said his wife and his kids was in the house
B Gb
Ol' boy broke in man it all went south
Ab
When he dropped the hammer on his forty five
B Gb
Now he's in the pen twenty five to life
E Eb
I Hate to say but if it'd been me I'da said
Chorus
Ab B
Read me my rights put me in cuffs
Gb Ab
Take me downtown barney and lock me up
Ab B
And I'll do my time and raise my right hand
Gb
And I'll tell that judge that I'd do it again
Bridge
Ab B Gb
If I have put the law in my hands, (yeah) hell it's mine to break
Ab B
Cause I know right from wrong and if you cross that line
Gb E Eb
Boy all I gotta say is, (all I gotta say boy)
Chorus
Ab B
Is Read me my rights put me in cuffs
Gb Ab
Take me in downtown barney lock me up
Ab B
And I'll do my time and raise my right hand
Gb
And I'll tell the judge I'll do it again
Ab B
Read me my rights put me in cuffs
Gb Ab
Take me in downtown barney lock me up
Ab B
And I'll do my time and raise my right hand
Gb
And I'll tell the judge that I?d do that shit again
Your Honor, I can't Lie. I'm guilty.