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