Chords for Love in the First Degree

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