Stealing Electricity — Tom Russell
Chords and lyrics for Stealing Electricity by Tom Russell (key of D).
Verse 1
Written and Recorded: Tom Russell
Intro
[D]
Verse 1
[D]There’s a Mexican dead up on a [Bm]power line
[G]He’s deader than yesterday’s [D]communion wine
[D]He was trying to getting something he couldn’t [A]afford for free
[G]He was just a poor man stealing [D]electricity
His heart when [G]na na na na na [D]na na
[G]na na na na na na[D] na
Bridge 1
[G]10,000 volts and now he’s [D]gone
[A]He’s hanging on a cross-tire above [D]Babylon[D/F#]
[G]Hey baby ain’t that just like you [Bm]and me
[G]Love is like stealing [D]electricity
Two hearts go [G]na na na na na na [D]na
[G]na na na na na na [D]na
Verse 2
[D]When the poverty of your spirit and [Bm]the weakness of your flesh
Go [G]dancing every night through [D]other people’s trash
[D]You don’t [A]love yourself baby, what the hell you’re doing with me
[G]You’re gonna burn baby burn [D]stealing electricity
Two hearts go [G]na na na na na na na, [D]na na na na na na na
[G]na na na na na na [D]na
Bridge 2
[G]We all climb so high in search of the [D]kindred soul
Till we [A]grab hold to a live wire up on a [D]highline pole[D/F#]
The [G]laws of nature say you get nothing for[Bm] free
[G]Love is like stealing [D]Electricity
Two hearts go [G]na na na na na na [D]na
[G]na na na na na na [D]na
Interlude
[D] [Bm]
[G] [D]
[D] [Bm]
[G] [D]
Verse 3
[D]There’s a Mexican dead up on a [Bm]power line
[G]He’s deader than yesterday’s [D]communion wine
[D]He was trying to getting something he couldn’t [A]afford for free
[G]He was just a poor man stealing [D]electricity
His heart when [G]na na na na na [D]na na
[G]na na na na na na[D] na
X