Lawdogs 
The Doobie Brothers From "World Gone Crazy" 

NOTE: This is a pretty easy song if you keep a few things in mind: • The acoustic guitar is in Drop D tuning (DADGbe) • The chords used in this song are Drop D power chords D = 000xxx Eb = 111xxx E = 222xxx F = 333xxx G = 555xxx • The verse uses one riff throughout:
 | | ( note) (hold for two counts) |
 • The outro uses a high riff in counterpoint to the low riff
 • Those chords are: Db = x - x - 11 - 10 - 9 - 9 D = x - x - 12 - 11 - 10 - 10 C = x - x - 10 - 9 - 8 - 8 ********************************************************************* Intro: ||: | . | | . / :|| (Riff) Know a little girl she drives me mad She loves her outlaw but he don’t love back I feel bad ’cause she can’t stay clean The future looks bad tell you what I see Four black horses and a memory (n/c) Makin’ money lyin’ in bed Listen to the voices that are in her head (Riff) Main Street’s dirty and the mud is dank With her no good lover in front of the bank Gonna take all the money and leave this town But the lawdogs gonna track ’em down (n/c) When mornin’ comes she hangs her head Sittin’ there smokin’ a cigarette Her skin is pale sittin’ in jail Hopin’ someone will set her free (Riff) Explosions have rocked the jail And all the sirens they start to wail The man in a duster he runs inside To grab that girl and take her for a ride (n/c) Police runnin’ all over the place They lost that girl it’s a big disgrace Outro: (Add high counterpoint riff) (Riff) Yeah gonna run but you ’sho can’t hide Yeah lawdogs Charted by Dexex