If The Law Don't Want You
Recorded by Norah Jones
No Capo
Instrumental
C x 8 bars
[D5] [C]
I love to see them straw dogs 'round my door
[D5] [C]
Come sneaking 'round my skirt tail looking for more
[G] [D5]
If you ain't running from the past, you ain't making my heart beat fast
[Bb] [G]
You ain't chugging your paycheck, you ain't hugging on my neck
[D5] [C]
Well, I've been looking for trouble from the git
[D5] [C]
Them cowboys back where I come from won't quit
[G] [D5]
Cutting up tires on an oyster shell, siren screaming and he's running like hell
[Bb] [G]
Momma's on the front porch staring him down, ladies at the beauty shop coming unwound
Chorus
[C] [G] [C]
If the law don't want you, neither do I
[G] [D5] [F]
I ain't got no time to waste my shine on a puppet with a clip-on tie
[C] [G] [C] [C] [Bb] [Bb] [C] [C]
If the law don't want you, neither do I
Bridge
[Bb] [C]
I hired that boy to cut my grass, nailed down a shingle but it couldn't get past
[Bb] [G]
Staring at the bottom of his low-slung pants, says he's gonna take me to the big buck dance
[C] [G] [C]
If the law don't want you, neither do I
Instrumental
[D5] [D5] [Bb] [Bb] [G] [G] [G] [C]
[D5] [C]
I used to run wild down in Mexi- co
[D5] [C]
Hair jacked up and necklines plunging low
[G] [D5]
Some snake hip shirt rip giving me lip, rifling my purse and stealing my tips
[Bb] [G]
There's something 'bout a man can affect that lean, keeping his hat all yanked down mean
[C] [G] [C]
If the law don't want you, neither do I
[G] [Dm] [F]
Play born to lose and you light my fuse, I'm a sucker for a bald-faced lie
[C] [G] [C] [Bm] [Am]
If the law don't want you, neither do I
[C] [G] [C/Bb]
If the law don't want you, neither do I
Outro
[Am] [G] [F] [C/E] [Dm] [C] [Am] [C/Bb] [Am] [G] [Em] [C] [Am] [G] [C]
