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Stealin

Uriah Heep
ChordsKeyGintermediate
4.8(41)

Chords in this song12

Chords

Guitar Keyboard
E A D G B e Bass| Chord
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Dm x x 0 2 3 1 D A-D-F
D x x 0 2 3 2 D A-D-F#
C/D x x 0 0 1 0 D G-C-E -OR-
x x 0 5 5 3
G/D x x 0 0 0 3 D G-B-D -OR-
x x 0 4 3 3
G 3 2 0 0 0 3 G G-B-D -OR-
3 2 0 0 3 3
F 1 3 3 2 1 1 F A-C-F
FM7 x x 3 2 1 0 F A-C-E-F -OR-
1 3 2 2 1 1
Bb/D x x 0 3 3 1 D Bb-D-F
Ab/D x x 0 5 4 4 D Ab-C-Eb

Intro

1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 +2+3 4 1 +2+3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
|BASS |BASS |Dm D |Dm D |C/D G/D |D |
|Dm D |Dm D |C/D G/D |D |D |

Verse 1

|D |D |C/D G/D |D |
Take me across the water 'cause I need some place to hide I
|D |D |C/D G/D |D |
done the rancher's daugh- ter, and I sure did hurt his pride, Heh-heh

Refrain

|Dm D |Dm D |C/D G/D |D |
Ooh-oo, ooh-oo Ah, ah, ah
|Dm D |Dm D |C/D G/D |D |
Ooh-oo, ooh-oo Ah, ah, ah Well, there's a

Verse 2

|D |D |C/D G/D |D |
hundred miles of desert lies be-tween his hide and mine I don't
|D |D |C/D G/D |D |
need no food, no water, Lord, 'cause I'm runnin' out of time
|G |F |FM7 |FM7 |
Fightin', killin', wine and women gonna put me to my grave
|G |F |FM7 |FM7 |
Runnin', hidin', losin', cryin' nothin' left to save but my life

Refrain

|Dm D |Dm D |C/D G/D |D |
Ooh-oo, ooh-oo Ah, ah, ah
|Dm D |Dm D |C/D G/D |D |
Ooh-oo, ooh-oo Ah, ah, ah I

Chorus

|D |D |C/D G/D |D |
Stood on a ridge and shunned religion thinkin' the world was mine I
|D |D |C/D G/D |
made my break and a big mistake Stealin' when I should have been buy-
|D |G |F |
in' All that fightin', killin', wine and those women gonna
|FM7 |FM7 |G |F |
put me to an early grave Runnin', hidin', losin', cryin'
|FM7 |FM7 |D |D |
nothin' left to save but my life, life, life,
|F G |Bb/D C/D |
life, life, life, life, life, life

Solo

|D |D |C/D G/D |D |D |D |C/D G/D |D |
|D |D |C/D G/D |D |D |D |C/D G/D |D |
So I

Chorus

|D |D |C/D G/D |D |
stood on a ridge and shunned religion think- in' the world was mine I
|D |D |C/D G/D |
made my break and a big mistake Stealin' when I should have been buy-
|D |C/D G/D |D |
in' I was stealing when I should have been buy-in' I was
|C/D G/D |D |
stealing when I should have been buy-in'

Outro

|D |C/D G/D |
Stealin' when I should have been buyin'
|D |C/D G/D |
Stealin' when I should have been buyin'
|D |C/D G/D |
Stealin' when I should have been buyin'
|D |C/D G/D |
Stealin' when I should have been buyin'
|D |C/D G/D |D |C/D G/D |
Stealin' Woo Stealin' Ah-ha-ha, yeah I was
|D |C/D G/D |
Stealin' when I should have been buyin'
|D |C/D G/D |
Stealin' Ah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
|D |C/D G/D |D |C/D G/D |
Stealin' Ooh Stealin' Rock and roll Alright
|D |C/D G/D |
Stealin' Rock and roll Alright
|D |C/D G/D |
Stealin' Babe, babe
|D |C/D G/D |
Should, should, should have been buyin'
Stealin'
|D |C/D G/D |
Should, should, should have been buyin'
Stealin'
|D |C/D G/D |
Shoulda, shoulda, shoulda been buyin'
Stealin'
|D |C/D G/D |D |C/D |Bb/D |Ab/D |
Wee Buyin', yeah
Stealin'

Coda

|D |D |D |D |D |

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