The Third Degree
Recorded by Arlon Lewis
Album: Frayed At Both Ends (2022)

(No Capo)

(Intro.)
|(D) / / / | x 12

(Verse)
They ac-(D)cused me of forgery, I couldn't write my name
They ac-(D)cused me of looking and I didn't see a thing (F)
Didn't (G)mean to cause no trouble and I meant no bodily harm
All I (D)had was this body and the muscle in my arm
They (C)gave me the third degree
They (G)hung me from a tree, third degree (D) / / / |(D) / / /
 
(Chorus)
And they're (G)giving me the third degree
But it's (G)plain to see without a learned degree
I (D)didn't know a chopping hoe could bring a mountain down
They're (G)giving me the third degree
They (G)hung me from a tree, that third de-(D)gree / / / |(D) / / / |
 
(Verse)
(D)She came down the turn row with a bucket in her hand
She (D)brought Alberta peaches and they all knew I's her (D)man (F)
She (G)didn't have no business hanging out down where they were
And (D)everybody wants something and they all wanted her
 
(Chorus)
They're (G)giving me the third degree
(F)But it's (G)plain to see without a learned degree
I (D)didn't know a chopping hoe could bring a mountain down
(F) And (G)they're giving me the third degree
They (G)hung me from a tree, that third de-(D)gree / / / |(D) / / /
That third de-(D)gree / / / |(D) / / / |
 
(Verse)
(D)Sitting with my peaches when I heard her crying out
(D)Peaches in my pocket and blood here on this ground
They (D)took her away from me, they took her away from (G)me
They (D)took her away from me in a third degree
In a third degree |(D) / / / |(D) / /
It's a third degree

(Outro.)
|(D) / / / |(D) / / / |(D) / / / |(D) / / / | x 8 times