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Song title:        I Fought The Law
Album:             The Clash (US version)
Original Release:  Bobby Fuller (1965)

Words and Music by Sonny Curtis
Copyright © 1979 CBS Records Inc.
Published by CBS Music Publishing Limited

Transcribed by Gavin Chart (contactus@gartfrets.net)


NOTES:
Hmm, OK, so this a cover of Bobby Fuller's classic, not actually 
a Strummer/Jones composition. Nonetheless, it's a great version!


INTRO:    [play twice]

          D       G - A
          D       A - G - F#m - D

VERSE:
D                     G   D
Breakin' rocks in the hot sun
D                        A   D
I fought the law and the law won
D                        G   D
I fought the law and the law won


VERSE:
D                       G   D
I needed money 'cause I had none
D                        A   D
I fought the law and the law won
D                        G   D
I fought the law and the law won


BRIDGE:
  G
I left my baby and it feels so bad
D
Guess my race is run
G
She's the best girl that I ever had
D                        G   D
I fought the law and the law won
D                        A G F#m D
I fought the law and the


[Guitar Solo]


VERSE:
Robbing people with a six-gun
I fought the law and the law won
I fought the law and the law won


VERSE:
I lost my girl and I lost my fun
I fought the law and the law won
I fought the law and the law won


[repeat BRIDGE] :O


[Play intro chord sequence]


D                        A   D
I fought the law and the law won
D                        G   D
I fought the law and the law won


[repeat x4]

[then...]


D                        G   D
I fought the law and the law won
D                        A G F#m D
I fought the law and the


CHORDS:
D    xx0232
G    320033
A    x02220
F#m  244222