------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Johnny Law - William Elliott Whitmore ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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.