Verse 

A 
Sheriff drove out to the edge of the county 
                                                   
Kicked a man out and turned around and he 
D                       A 
Drove slowly back into town 
            E                               A 
Just don't hurt nobody, or you'll be going down 
A 
Earn respect quick with a gun in your pocket 
A                                               
Everybody shut up and you'd better watch it 
D                                                A 
If you're out doing things everyone knows ain't right 
         E                                       A 
Find yourself in the highway in the middle of the night 


[Refrão]
                   F#m  G            A            
Find yourself down 152 East out of town 
        F#m        G                A           
You can scream and no one hears a sound 
              Bm                        D                 E      
Yea, and the sheriff and his boys know every road out of here 
                           G            D                 A 
And they'll kick you right out in the middle of shifting gears 

Verse 

 A 
Lived in the courthouse, kept an eye on things 
                                            
Better stay quiet and you'd better not sing 
D                                   A                                        
Unless you can keep a tune in your head 
           E                                      A 
Just don't do nothing stupid or you might end up dead 
  A 
Leather gloves in the back of his pants 
  A 
Don’t backtalk or you're gonna dance 
           D                        A 
Around an 8-by-12 steel and cement cell 
        E                                         A 
And if you hurt a woman, you'll find yourself in Hell 


[Refrão]
            F#m  G          A  
Hell's down 152 East out of town 
         F#m       G                A  
You can scream and no one hears a sound 
              Bm                         D                E      
Yea, and the sheriff and his boys know every road out of here 
                           G            D                 A 
And they'll kick you right out in the middle of shifting gears 
                           G            D                 A 
Yeah they'll kick you right out in the middle of shifting gears 

Verse 

A 
He'll see to it that your trip is short 
                                             
Mind your manners and you ain't got to worry 
 D                                                           A 
It's a well-known secret the sheriff runs a tight town 
            E                              A 
Just don't hurt nobody or you'll be goin' down 

Spoken part 
A 
Sheriff drove out to the edge of the county 
                                              
Kicked a man out and he turned around and he 
 D                                   A 
Watched his mirror as he drove into town 
            E                              A 
Just don't hurt nobody or you'll be goin' down 


[Refrão]
                   F#m  G           A            
Find yourself down 152 East out of town  
         F#        G                A           
You can scream and no one hears a sound 
              Bm                         D                E      
Yea, and the sheriff and his boys know every road out of here 
                           G           D                  A 
And they'll kick you right out in the middle of shifting gears 
                            G          D                  A 
Yeah they'll kick you right out in the middle of shifting gears  
                            G          D                  A 
Yeah they'll kick you right out in the middle of shifting gears