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	A	G	A
	Billy Dalton sta	ggered on the s	idewalk

	G	A
Someone said he st	umbled and he f	ell

	G	A
Six squad cars came scr	eamin' to the res	cue

	G	A
Hauled ol' Billy D	alton off to j	ail

Chorus:

	A	D	A	D
	'Cause the l	aw is for prot	ection of the p	eople

	A	D
Rules are rules and	any fool can s	ee

	C/G	D
We don't need no d	runks like Billy D	alton

	Bm/	E
S	caring decent folks like you and m	e,no siree

Verse 3:

	A	G	A
	Homer Lee Honeycutt was n	othin' but a h	ippie

	G	A
Walking through his w	orld without a c	are

	G	A
Then one day six str	apping brave pol	iceman

	G	A
Held down Homer L	ee and cut his h	air

Chorus bis:

	A	D	A	D
	'Cause the l	aw is for prot	ection of the p	eople

	A	D
Rules are rules and	any fool can s	ee

	C/G	D
We don't need no h	airy headed h	ippies

	Bm/	E
S	caring decent folks like you and m	e,no siree

Verse 5:

	A	G	A
	So thank your lucky st	ars you got prot	ection

	G	A
Walk the line and n	ever mind the c	ost

	G	A
Don't wonder who them l	awmen was prot	ectin'

	G	A
When they nailed the s	avior to the cr	oss

Chorus ter:

	A	D	A	D
	'Cause the l	aw is for prot	ection of the p	eople

	A	D
Rules are rules and	any fool can s	ee

	C/G	D
We don't need no r	iddle speakin' pr	ophets

	Bm/	E
S	caring decent folks like you and m	e,no siree

Thanks to David M. Potter (dmp12@cornell.edu) for the lyrics.

Perret Charles-Amir : perret@math.univ-mlv.fr

http://soleil.univ-mlv.fr/~perret/waylon.html

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Law Is For Protection

Kris Kristofferson

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