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