Chords with lyrics
Verse:
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Sheriff drove out to the edge of the county
Kicked a man out and turned around and he
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Drove slowly back into town
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Just don't hurt nobody, or you'll be going down
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Earn respect quick with a gun in your pocket
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Everybody shut up and you'd better watch it
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If you're out doing things everyone knows ain't right
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Find yourself in the highway in the middle of the night
Chorus 1:
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Find yourself down 152 East out of town
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You can scream and no one hears a sound
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Yea, and the sheriff and his boys know every road out of here
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And they'll kick you right out in the middle of shifting gears
Verse:
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Lived in the courthouse, kept an eye on things
Better stay quiet and you'd better not sing
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Unless you can keep a tune in your head
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Just don't do nothing stupid or you might end up dead
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Leather gloves in the back of his pants
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Don’t backtalk or you're gonna dance
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Around an 8-by-12 steel and cement cell
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And if you hurt a woman, you'll find yourself in Hell
Chorus 2:
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Hell's down 152 East out of town
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You can scream and no one hears a sound
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Yea, and the sheriff and his boys know every road out of here
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And they'll kick you right out in the middle of shifting gears
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Yeah they'll kick you right out in the middle of shifting gears
Verse:
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He'll see to it that your trip is short
Mind your manners and you ain't got to worry
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It's a well-known secret the sheriff runs a tight town
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Just don't hurt nobody or you'll be goin' down
Spoken part
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Sheriff drove out to the edge of the county
Kicked a man out and he turned around and he
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Watched his mirror as he drove into town
E MajorE A augmentedA
Just don't hurt nobody or you'll be goin' down
Chorus 3:
F# minorF#m G+G A augmentedA
Find yourself down 152 East out of town
F#F# G+G A augmentedA
You can scream and no one hears a sound
B minorBm D MajorD E MajorE
Yea, and the sheriff and his boys know every road out of here
G+G D MajorD A augmentedA
And they'll kick you right out in the middle of shifting gears
G+G D MajorD A augmentedA
Yeah they'll kick you right out in the middle of shifting gears
G+G D MajorD A augmentedA
Yeah they'll kick you right out in the middle of shifting gears