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Stealing Electricity

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Stealing Electricity
Key of E, capo 2, play in D
[Intro]
D
[Verse 1]
DThere’s a Mexican dead up on a poBmwer line
GHe’s deader than yesterday’s communioDn wine
DHe was trying to getting something he couldn’t afAford for free
GHe was just a poor man stealing electrDicity
His heart when Gna na na na na nDa na
Gna na na na na na Dna
[Bridge 1]
G10,000 volts and now he’s gDone
AHe’s hanging on a cross-tire above BDabylonD/F#  
GHey baby ain’t that just like you anBmd me
GLove is like stealing electrDicity
Two hearts go nGa na na na na na Dna
Gna na na na na na nDa
[Verse 2]
DWhen the poverty of your spirit and thBme weakness of your flesh
Go Gdancing every night through Dother people’s trash
DYou don’t loAve yourself baby, what the hell you’re doing with me
GYou’re gonna burn baby burn stealinDg electricity
Two hearts go Gna na na na na na na, Dna na na na na na na
Gna na na na na na nDa
[Bridge 2]
GWe all climb so high in search of the Dkindred soul
Till we Agrab hold to a live wire up on a Dhighline poleD/F#  
The Glaws of nature say you get nothing for Bmfree
GLove is like stealing ElectrDicity
Two hearts go nGa na na na na na Dna
Gna na na na na na nDa
[Interlude]
D Bm
G D
D Bm
G D
[Verse 3]
DThere’s a Mexican dead up on a poBmwer line
GHe’s deader than yesterday’s communioDn wine
DHe was trying to getting something he couldn’t afAford for free
GHe was just a poor man stealing electrDicity
His heart when Gna na na na na nDa na
Gna na na na na na Dna
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