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