C       Bb    F
xxxxx x xxxxx x
C       Bb   F
xxxxx x xxxxxxxx
C       Bb    F G
xxxxx x xxxxx x xx--------------

[verse 1]
C                   Bb    F
    It's a Saturday night
G                                         C
    The police are trying to ruin my good time
            Bb      F
They got no right, 
G
    But it doesn't seem to matter cause it happens every time

[pre-chorus]
  Bb         F        C
I try to get close to you, 
                    Bb         F       C
Instead I see those flashes of red and blue
                        Bb          F  Bb       F
There's nothing left to say but "oh no oh-oh-oh no"
Bb            F       G
What am I supposed to do?

[chorus]
                   C               G
Cause I fought the law with all my might
             Bb             F                  C
I fought the law but I just could not win that fight
F             G                 Am             F
Just like our founding fathers, I fought to be free
F            G            N.C.                     C
I fought the law, but the law beat the shit out of me

[play the intro again]
C       Bb    F
xxxxx x xxxxx x
C       Bb   F
xxxxx x xxxxxxxx
C       Bb    F G
xxxxx x xxxxx x xx--------------

[verse 2]
C                    Bb       F
    Another Saturday night
G                                           C
    Fucking pigs are trying to ruin my good time
            Bb     F
They got no right, 
G
    But it doesn't seem to matter cause it happens every time

[pre-chorus]
  Bb         F        C
I try to get close to you, 
                    Bb         F       C
Instead I see those flashes of red and blue
                        Bb          F  Bb       F
There's nothing left to say but "oh no oh-oh-oh no"
Bb            F       G
What am I supposed to do?
                   C
Cause I fought the law... yes I did!

[solo]
G           F          C
G           F          C
Bb F  C         Bb    F   C
Bb  F     Bb   F    Bb  F    G

                   C               G
Cause I fought the law with all my might
             Bb             F                  C
I fought the law but I just could not win that fight
      F                        G                    Am         F 
Oh no, I hope that somebody is taping this and they play it on TV (I fought the law)
F            G            Am          F
A cable news expose on police brutality (I fought the law)
F                   G                  Am             F
Just like president Benjamin Franklin, I fought to be free
F            G            N.C.                              C
I fought the law, but the law beat the shit out of me