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I Fought The Law The Bobby Fuller Four Written by Sonny Curtis; released as a single with "Little Annie Lou" as the B-side, and on the album "I Fought The Law". 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G|------- ------- ------- -------|------- ------- ------- -------| D|-------------------------------|-------------------------------| A|-------------------------------|5---5---5---5------------------| E|3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3--|----------------3---3---3---3--| I Verse: G|------- ------- ------- -------|------- ------- ------- -------| D|-------------------------------|-------------------------------| A|----------------5---5---5---5--|3---3---3---3------------------| E|3---3---3---3------------------|----------------3---3---3---3--| miss my ba- by and the good fun, ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo G|------- ------- ------- -------|------- ------- ------- -------| D|-------------------------------|-------------------------------| A|-------------------------------|3---3---3---3------------------| E|3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3--|----------------3---3---3---3--| I fought the law, and the law won, 2/4 time G|------- ------- ------- -------|------- -------| D|-------------------------------|---------------| A|-------------------------------|5---5---5---5--| E|3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3--|---------------| I fought the law, and the law G|------- ------- ------- -------|------- ------- ------- -------| D|-------------------------------|-------------------------------| A|-------------------------------|3---3---3---5-------5---5---5--| E|3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3--|-------------------------------| won. G|------- ------- ------- -------|------- ------- ------- -------| D|-------------------------------|-------------------------------| A|-------------------------------|5---5---5---5------------------| E|3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3--|----------------3-------3------| I Bridge: G|------- ------- ------- -------|------- ------- ------- -------| D|--------2-------5-------3---2--|--------2-------5-------3---2--| A|3---3-------3-------3----------|3-----------3-------3----------| E|-------------------------------|-------------------------------| left my ba- by, and I feel so bad, I aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa G|------- ------- ------- -------|------- ------- ------- -------| D|-------------------------------|-------------------------------| A|--------2-------5-------3---2--|--------2-------5-------3---2--| E|3---3-------3-------3----------|3---3-------3-------3----------| guess my race is run. Well, aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa G|------- ------- ------- -------|------- ------- ------- -------| D|--------2-------5-------3---2--|--------2-------5-------3---2--| A|3-----------3-------3----------|3---3-------3-------3----------| E|-------------------------------|-------------------------------| she's the best girl I've e - ver had, aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa G|------- ------- ------- -------|------- ------- ------- -------| D|-------------------------------|-------------------------------| A|-------------------------------|3---3---3---3------------------| E|3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3--|----------------3---3---3---3--| I fought the law, and the law won, 2/4 time G|------- ------- ------- -------|------- -------| D|-------------------------------|---------------| A|-------------------------------|5---5---5------| E|3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3--|---------------| I fought the law, and the law G|------- ------- ------- -------|------- ------- ------- -------| D|-------------------------------|-------------------------------| A|-------------------------------|3---3---3---5-------5---5---5--| E|3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3--|-------------------------------| won. (slow down gradually to the end) G|------- ------- ------- -------|------- ------- ------- -------| D|-------------------------------|-------------------------------| A|-------------------------------|-------------------------------| E|3---3---3-------3---3---3---3--|5----3-----2----3--------------| Please e-mail me for any corrections, or write a comment.