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