Alabama – Love In The First Degree (Guitar)

  G                                    C
I once thought of love as a prison,

    C                            G
A place I didn't want to be,

Am                    G
So long ago, I made a decision

         Am                         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,

   Am                G
I never thought, I would get caught,

    Am                              D
It seemed like the perfect crime.

C                          G
Baby you left me defenseless,

C                       G
I've only got one plea,

Am                     G
Lock me away, inside of your love,

       Am                  D
And throw away the key.

      C
I'm guilty,

    D                        G
Of love in the first degree.

G                                 C
I thought it would be so simple,

          C                  G     
Like a thousand times before,

     Am                               G
I'd take what I wanted, and just walk away,

        Am                         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,

   Am                          G
If loving you's a crime, I know that I'm

     Am                        D
As guilty as a man can be.

C                          G
Baby you left me defenseless,

C                       G
I've only got one plea,

Am                     G
Lock me away, inside of your love,

       Am                  D
And throw away the key.

      C
I'm guilty,

    D                        G
Of love in the first degree.

         C                G
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