I Fought The Law


"I FOUGHT THE LAW" by THE CLASH Tabbed by Elliot Chow Tuning: standard These are the chords I'm using in this song. One of them I just made up, so I'll call it "Z": D G A Z Em e|---2--3--0--x--0-| |---3--0--2--x--0-| |---2--0--2--2--0-| |---0--0--2--0--2-| |---x--2--0--0--2-| E|---x--3--x--x--0-| INTRO (do this 2x): |--(3)/5-5-5-5--(3)/5-5-5-5--(3)/5-5-5-5--5-3-2---| |-----------------------------------------------3-| |-------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------| CHORUS: D G D Breakin rocks in the hot sun D G D D A Z I fought the law and the law won I fought the law and the law won D G D I needed money cause I had none D G D D A Z I fought the law and the law won I fought the law and the law won G D I left my baby and it feels so bad I guess my race is run G Shes the best girl that I ever had D G D D I fought the law and the law won I fought the law and the.. END OF CHORUS FOR BETTER PLAYERS: A G Em D END OF CHORUS FOR BEGINNERS: e|----------| |--2-0-----| |------4-0-| |----------| |----------| E|----------| SOLO VERSION FOR BETTER PLAYERS (repeat 3x) e|----------------------------------------------10-14-| |----------------------------------------10-12-------| |---------------------9/12-12--12/14-14--------------| |--9/12-12--12/14 14---------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------------| E|----------------------------------------------------| END OF BETTER VERSION SOLO (1x) e|----------------------------------------5-5-5-5-5-5-5--5-3-2---| |-------------------------------------------------------------3-| |---------------------9/12-12--12/14-14-------------------------| |--9/12-12--12/14 14--------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------------------------| E|---------------------------------------------------------------| SOLO VERSION FOR BEGINNERS (repeat 3x) e|------------------10-14--| |------------10-12--------| |-------9-12--------------| |--9-12-------------------| |-------------------------| E|-------------------------| END OF BEGINNER SOLO (1x) e|-------------5-5-5-5-5-5-5--5-3-2---| |----------------------------------3-| |-------9-12-------------------------| |--9-12------------------------------| |------------------------------------| E|------------------------------------| D G D Robbin' people with a six-gun D G D D A Z I fought the law and the law won E fought the law and the law won D G D I lost my girl and I lost my fun D G D D A Z I fought the law and the law won E fought the law and the law won G D I left my baby and it feels so bad I guess my race is run G She's the best girl that I ever had D G D D I fought the law and the law won E fought the law and the.. (x2) e|-----------|-5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5--5-3-2---| |--2-0------|----------------------------------3-| |------4-0--|------------------------------------| |-----------|------------------------------------| |-----------|------------------------------------| E|-----------|------------------------------------| (drums only) I fought the law and the law won [x7] I fought the law and the.. e|-----------| |--2-0------| |------4-0--| |-----------| |-----------| E|-----------|