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