Intro C Am F G 

C                  Am             F                       G                                       
Man in a bar stole a car wound up in jail and made in out by a bell 
C                     Am                    F                        G 
 by luck he got caught in the act and some how he make it out. 
C                     Am                     F         G  
Going down fast as he pulled the trigger and killed em dead  
C                     Am                     F     G 
 by luck he got caught in the act and spent his life in jail. 

 
[Refrão]

C                                          Am                                                    
Caught in the act of a crime the devil ain't going to pay your fine  
F                             G                             C 
your just stuck and  by bad luck you got caught in the act. 


(verse 2) 
C                               Am            
You ain't worth a dime with your stupid mine  
F                                 G 
you ain't Jesse James your not Bonny and Clyde 
C                      Am.                    F        G 
Can't get away can't get a brake when you got. 

 

[Refrão]
C                                          Am                                                    
Caught in the act of a crime the devil ain't going to pay your fine  
F                             G                             C 
your just stuck and  by bad luck you got caught in the act. 

(verse 3) 

C                             Am                       F                            G 
You broke her heart when you kissed that woman on the side walk and she drove by  
C                        Am                                   F                     G 
shot his head and he got caught in the act and wound up dead  
C                   Am                      F              
Yea don't get Caught in the act you mite get shot  
G                              C              
and by the bad luck of getting caught in the act.