Chords for Michael McDermott - Murder In The First Degree

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[E] _ _ _ My [F#m] hands, I [E] watched them, right one on the wheel, [F#m] left one sitting [E] peacefully against the door.
_ [F#m] Couldn't [E] believe the things they could do when you'd [F#m] been knocked [E] one too many times
through the [F#] floor and my veins, they roared and flowed with a venom, [F#m]
they just [E] seemed so possessed.
_ _ [F#m] I [E] couldn't believe the power that was venom [F#m] after [E] the damage was assessed.
[D] Don't preach to me [A] man, you didn't see how she was [E] looking at me.
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_ [F#m] _ I'm [E] thinking about the [E] murder in the [F#m] first degree.
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[E] Seemed like the thing that took me over, [F#m] wondering [E] where I should go.
Maybe [F#m] north to the [E] border, maybe west to California, [F#m] maybe south down [F#] to Mexico.
It _ struck me as being a bit [E] too predictable [F#m] and Lord, how I hate to be red.
But the bars [E] around us were too restrictable, [F#m] no matter what [E] was spoken, things were left [Em] unsaid.
I [A] thought about her screaming as I crossed into Tennessee.
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_ _ _ _ [F#m] I'm [E] thinking about the murder in the [F#m] first degree.
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All [F#] I ever wanted to do [E] was [B] make her happy, [F#m] tell me [E] what's wrong with that.
_ She [F#m] said it's too late [F#] now Michael.
She put on a coat and she [F#m] started reaching [E] for her leopard skin hat, so I [F#m] grabbed her arm.
[B] I [E] said babe, why you doing this?
She pulled [F#] away, I ripped her [E] jacket sleeve.
She [F#m] said something I [E] didn't realize in my shock, [F#m] then she proceeded to leave.
She said [A] my love's grown differently for [D] you Michael, can't you [E] see?
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[E] I'm thinking about the murder in the first [F#m] degree.
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[E] _ _ [F#] _ _ [C#] _ _ Now all the [E] saints are dressed in black on [F#m] this gloomy [E] afternoon.
_ Tonight [F#] there shall be no turning back, the evening's bitten by the bleeding moon.
And my conscience feels like it's gonna erupt, cause I see her face everywhere. _
And my heart [E] pounds like those coughing sounds, [F#m] I can almost see [E] you lying there.
_ [A] I'm haunted by the past, [D] haunted by her memory.
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_ _ _ _ [F#m] I'm [F#] haunted by the murder in the [F#m] first degree.
_ [E] _ I'm _ _ _ haunted by the murder in the first degree.
[F#] _ _ _ Oh [F#m] yeah, _ [E] _ _ _ oh [F#m] yeah, [F#] _ _ oh _ [F#m] yeah, _ _ oh _ yeah.
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_ _ [D] _ _ Thank you.
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