Beg Borrow And Steal:Ohio Express.
#17 in Canada and #29 in USA on CAMEO Records
in 1967.
INTRO: A/// D// E/// D// (x2)
#1.
A D E
You threw me out the night before last and now
D A D E D
you want me back in your arms again.
A D
You think I'm a fool, you treat me like dirt,
E D A D E D
you pull the string and hope I will be your friend.
G A G
But I know what's on your mind, so I'd rather stay
E
out in the street, without a dime.
CHORUS:
A D E
And I'd rather beg, borrow and steal..I'd rather
A D E A D E
beg borrow and steal..I'd rather beg, borrow and steal
D A D E D
than go back to you..go back to you..than go back to
A D E D A D
you, go back to you, than go back to you, go back to
E D A D E///////////
you..than go back to you..go back to youuuuuu..
(INTERLUDE:) A D E D (x4) E
#2.
A D E
How long did you think I'd hang around pretending not
D A D E D
to see the tricks you pulled on me?
A D E
There's only so much a man can take before his life turns
D A D E D
into a tragedy.
G A G
So, I'm gettin' out now while I can, cause I don't want
E
to crawl..I want to walk out like a man..
CHORUS:
A D E
And I'd rather beg, borrow and steal..I'd rather
A D E A D E
beg borrow and steal..I'd rather beg, borrow and steal
D A D E D
than go back to you..go back to you..than go back to
A D E D A D
you, go back to you, than go back to you, go back to
E D A D E///////////
you..than go back to you..go back to youuuuuu..yeahhhh!
OUTRO:
A D E
And I'd rather beg, borrow and steal..I'd rather
A D E
beg borrow and steal..(Fade.)
A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.