The Third Degree Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[D5][D][D5]
[D][D5][D][D5][D]

[Verse 1]
They [D]accused me of forgery
I couldn't write my name
They accused me of lookin'
And I didn't see a thing
Didn't [G]mean to cause no trouble
And I meant no bodily harm
All I [D]had was this body
And the muscle [Dm]in this a[D]rm

[Verse 2]
They [C]gave me the third degree
They [G]hung me from a tree
Third- degree
[D][G]

[Verse 3]
[D]
And they're [G]givin' me
the third degree
But it's plain to see without a learned degree
I [D]didn't know a choppin' hoe
Could bring a mountain down
[Dm]They're givi[G]n' me the third- degree
They hung me from a tree
That third- [D]de gree

[Verse 4]
[D]She came down the turn row
With a bucket [Dm]in her hand
She [D]brought Alberta peaches
And they all knew I's her man
[Dm]She didn[G]'t have no business
Hangin' out down where they were
An' [D]everybody wants something
And they all wanted her

[Verse 5]
They're [G]givin' me
the third degree
But it's plain to see without a learned degree
I [D]didn't know a choppin' hoe
Could bring a mountain down
They're [G]givin' me the third- degree
They hung me from a tree
That third- [Dm]degree[D]
That third- degree
[Dm][D][Dm]

[Verse 6]
[D]Sittin' with my peaches
When I heard her [Dm]crying out
Peaches in my pocket
And blood here on this ground
They took her away from me
[D]They took her away from me[Dm]
They [D]took her [Dm]away from me
In a third- de[D]gree
[Dm]In a third- degree

[Verse 7]
[D]
It's a [Dm]third- degree

[Outro 1]
[D][Dm][D][Dm][D][Dm]
[D][Dm][D][Dm]