C
F
C
I remember my grandfather’s counsel
D7
G7
As he laid the leather to my hide
C
F
C
F
He said there’s just one rule to life that always will apply
C
G7
C
You can’t do wrong and get by
F
C
Now lessons tend to fade as we grow older
D7
G7
And I found myself in jail at twenty-five
C
F
C
F
Had to sit there by my lawyer the old judge looked me in the eye
C
G7
C
Said you can’t do wrong and get by
F
C
You can’t do wrong and get by for very long
G7
Do wrong and all your troubles multiply
C
F
C
F
You may not face them here but you’ll face the man on high
C
G7
C
You can’t do wrong and get by
F
C
Now once I had a wife and loving children
D7
G7
But I gave into the pleasures of the night
C
F
C
F
She used my grand dads very words to say her last goodbye
C
G7
C
You can’t do wrong and get by
F
C
You can’t do wrong and get by for very long
G7
Do wrong and all your troubles multiply
C
F
C
F
You may not face them here but you’ll face the man on high
C
G7
C
You can’t do wrong and get by
F
C
G7
C
Oh no you can’t do wrong and get by
F
C
G7
D7
