Outlaw You
By Shooter Jennings
Tabbed By Larry Mofle
9/4/2011



Em                                     G 
I get home from a long day, put on the radio
                 D                         C
Lookin' for some country soul, but I don't find it, no
                 Em                                        G
It's a dirt road free for all, some old boys sayin they're outlaws
                             D                                              C
They dress the part and they talk the talk. you know they've been taught to walk the walk
      C                                       D
These boys think they're tough like they been robbin banks
           Bm
Cause they name drop Johnny Cash and they name drop poor old Hank


Chorus:
Em
Hey pretty boy in the baseball hat
    G
You couldn't hit country with a baseball bat
D
Country ain't just about where you're at
           C
It's about bein' true to what's inside
                  Em
You say you're an outlaw with your perfect boots
         G
That you got from your record labels image group
      D
Sing another man's song with a big drum loop
C                            D
Listen, son, you ain't got a clue
              C                   D
You can't buy true, tell you what they should do
                   Em   G  D  Cadd9
They should outlaw you


               Em                             G
Let me paint a picture for you, Nashville in '62
                D                            C
The formula had proven true, they didn't let nothing new thru
            Em                                  G
When Waylon came to town, they didn't like his original sound
                   D                                 C  
They tried hard to keep him down, they tried hard to starve him out
            Em                           G 
But he kept playin shows and pressin on, chippin away, song by song
      D                                               C
After years and years of strugglin strong, he got his chance and took it to #1
      Em                               G
With "This Time" back in '74, with his band in the back and 4 on the floor
D                                            C
That one record busted down the door and the record labels had the control no more
         Em                          G
Then in '76 came the Outlaws record, sold the first million in country music ever
D                                               C
Those old boys with long hair and braids stayed true to their sound and freed the slaves
    C                                    D
And all these years later, the suits got back their grip
                     Em                  G 
They took the outlaw concept and they re-packaged it
              C                 D            Bm     
And there's a million Ol Waylon fans singin' don't y'all think this outlaw bit has gotten way out of hand



Chorus 2:
Hey pretty boy in your cowboy hat
You couldn't hit country with a baseball bat
Country ain't just about where you're at
It's about bein' true to what's inside
you say you're an outlaw with your perfect boots
That you got from your record labels image group
Sing another man's song with a big drum loop
Listen, son, you ain't got a clue
You can't buy true, tell you what they should do
They should outlaw you

They should outlaw you

Chorus 1