Read Me My Rights
Performed by Brantley Gilbert
Standard Tuning - No Capo
[Verse 1]
E
Somebody better call the law
G D
We done took it outside we're about to brawl
E
Ol' Boy done put his hands on a woman
G D
Where I come from son the next thing comin' is a
E
Ass whoopin' in the parkin' lot
G D
I'm bout to drop this fool right in front of the cops
C B7
I ain't gonna run I'm proud of what I've done
yeah
[Chorus]
E G
Read me my rights put me in cuffs
D E
Take me in downtown, better lock me up
E G
And I'll do my time and raise my right hand
D
And I'll tell the judge I'll do it again
[Verse 2]
E
Well I heard it through the grapevine
G D
A good daddy and a husband is doin time
E
Said his wife and his kids was in the house
G D
Ol' boy broke in, man it all went south
E
When he dropped the hammer on his forty five
G D
Now he's in the pen twenty five to life
C B7
I Hate to say but if it'd been me I'da said
[Chorus]
E G
Read me my rights put me in cuffs
D E
Take me downtown better and lock me up
E G
And I'll do my time and raise my right hand
D
And I'll tell that judge that I'd do it again
[Bridge]
E G D
If I have put the law in my hands, (yeah) hell it's mine to break
E G
Cause I know right from wrong and if you cross that line
D C B7
Boy all I gotta say is, (all I gotta say boy)
[Chorus]
E G
Is Read me my rights put me in cuffs
D E
Take me in downtown better lock me up
E G
And I'll do my time and raise my right hand
D
And I'll tell the judge I'll do it again
E G
Read me my rights put me in cuffs
D E
Take me in downtown better lock me up
E G
And I'll do my time and raise my right hand
D
And I'll tell the judge that I'd do that shit again
Your Honor, I can't Lie. I'm guilty.
