| A     | A     |
(with organ)
| A     | A     | G/A D/A | A     | x2
| A     |

A                                 G/A       D/A       A
Take me across the water 'cause I need some place to hide.
  A                                 G/A      D/A       A
I done the rancher's daughter and I sure did hurt his pride.
          A                G/A   D/A   A
          Oo-oo   oo-oo    ah    ah    ah
          A                G/A   D/A   A
          Oo-oo   oo-oo    ah    ah    ah

                A                              G/A        D/A      A
Well, there's a hundred miles of desert lies between his hide and mine
        A                                        G/A     D/A    A
I don't need no food, no water, Lord, 'cause I'm running out of time
D                   C                   G
Fightin', killin', wine and women gonna put me to my grave.
D                C               G
Runnin', hidin', losin', cryin', nothing left to save
       A
but my life.
          A                 G     D     A
          Oo-oo   oo-oo     ah    ah    ah
          A                 G     D     A
          Oo-oo   oo-oo     ah    ah    ah

A                                       G           D         A
Stood on a ridge and shunned religion thinking the world was mine.
  A
I made my break and a big mistake,
  G              D               A
Stealing when I should have been buying
         D                  C
All that fightin', killin', wine and those women
      G
Gonna put me to an early grave.
D                C               G
Runnin', hidin', losin', cryin', nothing left to save
       A           A
but my life, life, life, life, life, life, life, life, life.

[Solo]
| A   | A   | G D | A   | x4

     A
So I stood on a ridge and shunned religion
  G           D         A
Thinking the world was mine.
  A
I made my break and a big mistake,
 G               D                A
Stealing when I should have been buying.

       A               G               D
I was stealing when I should have been buying,
       A               G               D
I was stealing when I should have been buying.

 A              G                D
STEALING when I should have been buying
 A              G                D
STEALING when I should have been buying
 A              G                D
STEALING when I should have been buying
 A              G                D
STEALING when I should have been buying

 A            G     D
STEALING     woo
 A                   G     D
STEALING     hahaha, yeah
       A               G               D
I was STEALING when I should have been buying
 A        G           D
STEALING oh yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah
 A       G        D
STEALING oo-oo-oo-oo-oo-oo-oo

STEALING rock'n'roll, alright
STEALING rock'n'roll, alright
STEALING babe, babe
STEALING should, should, should have been buying
STEALING should, should, should have been buying
STEALING should have, should have, should have been buying
STEALING buying, yeah