Ab             
Somebody better call the law  
         B                     Gb 
We done took it outside we're about to brawl 
Ab          
Ol' boy done put his hands on a woman  
      B                   Gb 
Where I come from son the next thing comin' is a  
Ab 
Ass whoopin' in the parkin' lot  
            B                       Gb 
I'm bout to drop this fool right in front of the cops  
   E                  Eb 
I ain't gonna run I'm proud of what I've done  
yeah 

Chorus 
            Ab               B 
Read me my rights put me in cuffs  
           Gb               Ab    
Take me in downtown barney lock me up  
               Ab                      B 
And I'll do my time and raise my right hand  
                   Gb 
And I'll tell the judge I'll do it again 

Verse 
     Ab               
Well I heard it through the grapevine 
       B                       Gb 
A good daddy and a husband is doin time  
         Ab                   
Said his wife and his kids was in the house  
    B                Gb 
Ol' boy broke in man it all went south  
        Ab                
When he dropped the hammer on his forty five  
    B                           Gb 
Now he's in the pen twenty five to life  
  E                               Eb 
I Hate to say but if it'd been me I'da said  

Chorus 
           Ab                B 
Read me my rights put me in cuffs  
        Gb                          Ab 
Take me downtown barney and lock me up  
                Ab                     B  
And I'll do my time and raise my right hand  
                   Gb                    
And I'll tell that judge that I'd do it again 

Bridge 
Ab                B                 Gb    
If I have put the law in my hands, (yeah) hell it's mine to break 

Ab                      B                     
Cause I know right from wrong and if you cross that line 
    Gb           E                   Eb 
Boy all I gotta say is, (all I gotta say boy) 

Chorus 
            Ab               B 
Is Read me my rights put me in cuffs  
           Gb               Ab    
Take me in downtown barney lock me up  
               Ab                      B 
And I'll do my time and raise my right hand  
                   Gb 
And I'll tell the judge I'll do it again 

            Ab               B 
Read me my rights put me in cuffs  
           Gb               Ab    
Take me in downtown barney lock me up  
               Ab                      B 
And I'll do my time and raise my right hand  
                   Gb 
And I'll tell the judge that I?d do that shit again 

Your Honor, I can't Lie. I'm guilty.