G
Bring your own lamp shade, somewhere there's a party
C
Here it's never ending, can't remember when it started
G                                                               Am
Pass around the lamp shade, there'll be plenty enough of room in jail


[Chorus]

    C
If bein' wrong's a crime I'm serving forever
    C                                                  G
If bein' strong's your kind, I need help here with this feather
    Em                                     C
If being afraid is a crime we hang side by side
C      C        Am    D         G
At the swingin' party down the line


[Verse 2]

G
Pound the prairie pavement, losin' proposition
C
Quittin' school and goin' to work and never goin' fishing
G                                       Am
Water all around, never learn how to swim now


[Chorus]

    C
If bein' wrong's a crime I'm serving forever
    C                                                    G
Being strong's your kind then I need help here with this feather
    Em                                     C
If bein' afraid is a crime we hang side by side
C      C        Am    D         G
At the swingin' party down the line
C      C        Am    D         G
At the swingin' party down the line


[Solo]


[Verse 3]

G
Bring your own lamp shade, somewhere there's a party
C
Here it's never ending, can't remember when it started
G                                                               Am
Pass around the lamp shade, there'll be plenty enough of room in jail


[Chorus]

    C
If bein' wrong's a crime I'm serving forever
    C                                                            G
If bein' strong is what you want, then I need help here with this feather
    Em                                     C
If being afraid is a crime we hang side by side
C      C        Am    D         G
At the swingin' party down the line
C      C        Am    D         G
At the swingin' party down the line
C      C        Am    D         G
At the swingin' party down the line