C
Am
In Cumberland Kentucky on a cool autumn evening
C
F
C
Billy lay in love with Marianne
Am
C
She was rich judge’s daughter he was a son of a miner
D7
G7
But that night their love was more than they could stand
C
Am
The judge said to his daughter that son of that coal miner
C
F
C
Is someone you’d do well to leave alone
F
G7
C
F
She knew her dad so well she knew she couldn’t tell
C
F
C
But the truth was bound to show before too long
F
C
Their love had started growing on its own
G7
F
You can’t out run the long arm of the law
C
G7
C
No you can’t out run the long arm of the law
Am
Billy placed his hand on Mary and he felt the baby’s moving
C
F
C
Kissed her and said I’ll see you when I can
Am
C
The judge had made a promise when he caught up with Billy
D7
G7
He’d send him far away from Marianne
C
Am
The whole town knew he’d do it to many times he’d proved it
C
F
C
To at least a hundred men behind the wall
F
G7
C
F
He’d smiled behind that frown and when he brought that gavel down
C
F
C
He called himself the long arm of the law
G7
C
And he’d set his mind on seeing Billy fall
Am
In a hot humid mine shack a mid-wife pulled the sheet back
C
F
C
And placed a cool damp towel on Marianne
Am
C
Billy’s eyes were wide with wonder from the spell he was under
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G7
When she placed the new born baby in his hands
C
Am
He didn’t hear the siren just a baby’s crying
C
F
C
That miracle of love was all he saw
F
G7
C
F
When the door came crashing down and Billy turned around
C
F
C
He felt the heart and soul inside him fall
G7
C
He stood face to face with the long arm of the law
G7
F
You can’t out run the long arm of the law
C
G7
C
No you can’t out run the long arm of the law
F
G7
C
F
You can hide out for a while he says with a smile
C
G7
C
But you can’t out run the long arm of the law
Am
Seemed like everybody down in Cumberland Kentucky
C
F
C
Came out that day to see poor Billy’s trial
Am
C
The court was called to order there sat the judge’s daughter
D7
G7
She looked so proud holding Billy’s child
C
Am
When they brought Billy to him the judge just looked right through him
C
F
C
As he held that holy bible in his hand
F
G7
C
F
And he smiled at his grandson then his eyes cut back to Billy
C
F
C
And said I think this time the law will understand
G7
C
Son I sentence you to life with Marianne
G7
F
You can’t out run the long arm of the law
C
G7
C
No you can’t out run the long arm of the law
F
G7
C
F
He said to Billy with a smile I know you hid out for a while
C
G7
C
Ah but you can’t out run the long arm of the law
G7
C
No you can’t out run the long arm of the law
D7
C
Am
F
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