{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":199562,"song":"Love In The First Degree","artist":"Alabama","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/199562-love-in-the-first-degree-chords-by-alabama/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/199562?type=chord","rating":4.66944,"votes":254,"content":"\"Love In The First Degree\"\r\nCapo 1st Fret\r\n\r\n[1st Verse]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]                                    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI once thought of love as a prison,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]                            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nA place I didn't want to be,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSo long ago, I made a decision[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Am[/ch]                         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nTo be footloose and fancy-free.[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]                               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBut you came and I was so tempted,[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]                                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nTo gamble on love just one time,[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Am[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI never thought, I would get caught,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]                              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nIt seemed like the perfect crime.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBaby you left me defenseless,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI've only got one plea,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nLock me away, inside of your love,[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Am[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd throw away the key.[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI'm guilty,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]                        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOf love in the first degree.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[2nd Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI thought it would be so simple,[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]     \r\nLike a thousand times before,[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]                               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI'd take what I wanted, and just walk away,[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]                         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBut I never made it to the door.[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]                                  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nNow babe I'm not begging for mercy,[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]                                      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nGo ahead and throw the book at me,[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Am[/ch]                          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIf loving you's a crime, I know that I'm[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]                        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAs guilty as a man can be.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBaby you left me defenseless,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI've only got one plea,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nLock me away, inside of your love,[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Am[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd throw away the key.[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI'm guilty,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]                        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOf love in the first degree.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nTag:  Love in the first degree.[/tab]\r\n\r\n(Alternate between Chorus and Tags and fade out)","plain_text":"\"Love In The First Degree\"\nCapo 1st Fret\n\n[1st Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[2nd Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n(Alternate between Chorus and Tags and fade out)","chords":["G","C","A","Am","D"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}