Living With The Law chords by Chris Whitley

Key: D

Verse 1:
D
Brother runnin' powder money
                       A
Daddy's somewhere on a drunk
             G
In the hours, after washing
D
I do my dreaming with a gun


Verse 2:
D
Well I come down from the country
                     A
Find a lesson in the draw
                      G
There ain't no secrets in the city
D

It's hard living with the law


Chorus 1:
C                  G            D
They got machines, mama I can't figure
C                  G              D
They got a romance made for doing time
C                  G
Send me out child, running outside
D
Out along a world of crime


Instrumental Verse:
D  A  G  D


Chorus 2:
C                      G                   D
Gonna swing my scythe, got a hand upon the handle
C                       G           D
Gonna shade my children ways I understand
C                 G
Milk the trigger, kill the hunger
D
Staring down this broken land


Verse 3:
D
So fetch on up your greasy apron
                         A
Spread your lover in the straw
              G
Hear me baby, I'm nearly crazy
D
It's hard living with the law
D
It's hard living with the law


Outro Groove:
G  D  G  D