The Law And The Lonesome Chords
The Law And The Lonesome by Jonathan Byrd is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of Am with a capo on the 3st fret. It uses the chords Am, C and G. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro: Am C G Am (2x)
Am C
With the wrath of the law and the lonesome above you
G Am
And all those who love you behind
Am C
The storm in your rear view, and darkness before you
G Am
Where will you fly to this time?
Am C
Only Jesus will go down the road that you're burning
G Am
You should be turning to him.
Am C
But how can you wait and be washed in the water
G Am
When the river is dirty as sin?
Am C G Am
Am C
Well how can she take you and make you so lonely?
G Am
You said she was only your friend.
Am C
But any fool and his pride who has tried to refuse her
G Am
Can see your using again
Am C
It snows like a ghost of cocaine on the highway
G Am
That shifts and plays tricks on your mind
Am C
The wind is like razors and in only 2 days
G Am
You've done 200,000 white lines
C Am
You took the wrong way home
C Am
You took the wrong way home
Am C G Am (2x)
Am C
You blasted the bedrock and laid all the black top
G Am
Like a snake round the shoulders of God.
Am C
But Christ on his hilltop and the cop at the truck stop
G Am
They're both only doing their jobs.
Am C
But you gone and double-crossed too many, now you lost
G Am
The last friend that you had to lose
Am C
Now he's in the ambulance, you're in the cruiser
G Am
With a fatal case of the sucker-punch blues
C Am
You took the wrong way home
C Am
You took the wrong way home
C Am
You took the wrong way home
Am C
With the wrath of the law and lonesome above you
G Am
And all those who love you behind.