D               Bm         A                 D
It's against the law to walk, and against the law to talk 
D               Bm      A                   D
Against the law to loaf, against the law to work 
D               Bm      A                    D
Against the law to read, against the law to write 
D               Bm      A                  D
Against the law to be a black, a brown, or white 

G
Everything's against the law 
        A
I'm a low-pay daddy singing the high-price blues 

        D               Bm   A                  D
It's against the law to eat, against the law to drink 
D                  Bm     A                  D
Against the law to worry, against the law to think 
D                   Bm      A             D
Against the law to marry or try to settle down 
D                   Bm           A         D
Against the law to ramble like a bum from town to town 

G
Everything's against the law 
        A
I'm a low-pay daddy singing the high-price blues 

      D                 Bm    A                 D
It's against the law to come, against the law to go 
D                  Bm    A                   D
Against the law to ride, against the law to roll 
D                  Bm      A                  D
Against the law to hug and against the law to kiss 
D                  Bm      A                 D
Against the law to shoot, against the law to miss 

G
Everything's against the law 
        A
I'm a low-pay daddy singing the high-price blues 

        D               Bm      A                   D
It's against the law to gamble, against the law to roam 
D                   Bm          A             D
Against the law to organize or try to build a home 
D                   Bm        A                  D
Against the law to sing, it's against the law to dance 
D                   Bm              A              D
Against the law to tell you all the trouble on my hands 

G
Everything in Winston-Salem is against the law 
        A
I'm a low-pay daddy singing the high-price blues