Love in the First Degree Chords by Alabama

[Start]

[Verse]
Ab                             Db    
■  I once thought of love as a prison
                         Ab
A place I didn't want to be
Gb            Fm             
So long ago I made a decision
      Ebsus4        Eb       
To be footloose and fancyfree
Ab                        Db     
But you came and I was so tempted
                           Ab  
To gamble on love just one time


[Chorus]
Gb              Fm                
I never thought I would get caught
   Bbm                   Ebsus4 Eb
It seemed like a perfect crime  ■ 
Db               Ab         
Baby you left me defenseless
Db                    Eb  
But I've only got one plea
Db           Ab                 
Lock me away inside of your love
    Bbm            Ebsus4 Eb
And throw away the key    ■ 
Db         Eb                   Ab    
I'm guilty of love in the first degree


[Verse]
                         Db    
I thought it would be so simple
                      Ab7   
Like a thousand times before
Gb                         Fm            
I'd take what I wanted and just walk away
      Ebsus4               Eb   Eb7
But I never made it to the door ■  
Ab                           Db   
Now babe I'm not begging for mercy
                               Ab
Go ahead and throw the book at me
Gb                     
If lovin' you's a crime
Fm                 Bbm                 Ebsus4 Eb
I know that I'm as guilty as a man can be     ■ 


[Chorus]
Db               Ab         
Baby you left me defenseless
Db                    Eb  
But I've only got one plea
Db           Cm                 
Lock me away inside of your love
    Bbm   Bb7      Eb 
And throw away the key
Db            Eb                Db    
I'm guilty of love in the first degree
            Ab          
Love in the first degree
    Db  
Ohh yeah
    Eb  
Ohh yeah
Db               Ab         
Baby you left me defenseless
    Db                Eb  
But I've only got one plea
Db           Cm        Ab       
Lock me away inside of your love
    Bbm            Ebsus4 Eb
And throw away the key    ■ 
Db            Eb                Db    
I'm guilty of love in the first degree
            Ab           Db
Love in the first degree ■ 
            Ab    Db    
Love in the first degree
Ab Db          Ab          
■  Love in the first degree
Db             Ab           Db
■  Love in the first degree ■ 
            Ab           Gb
Love in the first degree ■ 


[Outro]
            Ab    Db
Love in the first ■