"Love In The First Degree"
Capo 1st Fret
[1st Verse]
G# C#
I once thought of love as a prison,
C# G#
A# place I didn't want to be,
A#m G#
So long ago, I made a decision
A#m D#
To be footloose and fancy-free.
G# C#
But you came and I was so tempted,
C# G#
To gamble on love just one time,
A#m G#
I never thought, I would get caught,
A#m D#
It seemed like the perfect crime.
[Chorus]
C# G#
Baby you left me defenseless,
C# G#
I've only got one plea,
A#m G#
Lock me away, inside of your love,
A#m D#
And throw away the key.
C#
I'm guilty,
D# G#
Of love in the first degree.
[2nd Verse]
G# C#
I thought it would be so simple,
C# G#
Like a thousand times before,
A#m G#
I'd take what I wanted, and just walk away,
A#m D#
But I never made it to the door.
G# C#
Now babe I'm not begging for mercy,
C# G#
Go ahead and throw the book at me,
A#m G#
If loving you's a crime, I know that I'm
A#m D#
As guilty as a man can be.
[Chorus]
C# G#
Baby you left me defenseless,
C# G#
I've only got one plea,
A#m G#
Lock me away, inside of your love,
A#m D#
And throw away the key.
C#
I'm guilty,
D# G#
Of love in the first degree.
C# G#
Tag: Love in the first degree.
(Alternate between Chorus and Tags and fade out)