Love In The First Degree Chords by Alabama

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_ I once thought of love as a [Db] prison, _ [Ab] [Dbm] a place I didn't want to [Ab] be.
_ [Gb] So long ago, [Fm] I made a decision [Ab] to be footloose and fancy [Eb] free. _
_ [Ab] But you came and I was [Db] so tempted _ [Dbm] to gamble on love just [Ab] one time.
_ [Gb] I never thought [Fm] I would get caught.
[Bbm] It seemed like the perfect [Ab] _ _
[Eb] crime.
[Db] Baby, let [Ab] me face it, _ [Db] I've only got [Ab] one [Eb] plea.
_ [Db] Lock me away, [Ab] sign of your love, [Bbm] throw away [Eb] the key.
_ [Db] I'm guilty [Eb] of loving the first [Ab] degree.
_ _ I _ _ thought it would be [Db] so simple, _ [Dbm] like a thousand times [Ab] before.
_ _ [Gb] _ _ _ [Fm] Just walked away, [Ab] but I never made it [Eb] through the door.
[Ab] Now, baby, I'm begging for [Db] mercy.
_ [Dbm] Go ahead and throw the book [Ab] at me.
_ [Gb] If loving you's a crime, [Fm] I know that I'm [Bbm] as guilty as a man [Ab] can [Eb]
be.
_ [Db] Baby, let me [Ab] face it, _ [Db] I've only got [Ab] one plea.
[Eb] _ _ [Db] Lock me away, [Ab] sign of your love, [Bbm] and throw away [Eb] the key.
_ _ [Db] I'm guilty [Eb] of loving the first [Db] degree.
_ Loving [Ab] the first degree.
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_ _ [Db] Baby, let me [Ab] face it, _ [Db] I've only got [Ab] one _
[Eb] plea.
[Db] Lock me away, [Ab] sign of your love, [Bbm] and throw away the [Eb] key. _
_ [Db] I'm guilty _ [Eb] of loving the first [Db] degree.
_ Loving the [Ab] first degree.
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