Tom: B
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 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
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
