Transcribed by John Kean 

Capo 2nd fret.

INTRO:
   .  ,  .   ,  .  ,   .   ,  .  ,  .    ,   .   ,  .  ,  .  ,  .
||---------|---------------------------|------------------0--------|
||---------|-------0h1p0---0-----------|-0h1p0---0-----------------|
||---------|----2--------2----------2--|-------2----0-h1-----------|
||---------|---------------------------|---------------------------|
||-------0-|-------0-------------------|---------------------------|
||-0-h3----|---------------3-----3-----|-1-------1-----0-----0-----|


  Am            Am/G          F           E
  ,  .  ,   .   ,  .  ,  .    ,  .  ,  .  ,  .  ,  .
|---------------------------|----------------0--------||
|-------0h1p0---0-----------|-1-----0-----------------||
|----2--------2----------2--|----2-----0-h1-----------||
|---------------------------|-------------------------||
|-0-----0-------------------|-------------------------||
|---------------3-----3-----|-1-----1-----0-----0-----||


VERSE 1:
      A                              G
I can hear the soft breathing of the girl that I love,
       Am                   E
As she lies here beside me asleep with the night.
    A                   G
Her hair in a fine mist floats on my pillow,
  Am           D/F#        E7
Reflecting the glow of the winter moonlight.


CHORUS:
                C              Am
But I've got to creep down the alleyway,
             G
Fly down the highway,
  Am        C       Am       F       E9
Before they come to catch me I'll be gone.
G                    Am       Am/G  F  E    Am  Am/G  F  E
Somewhere they can't find me.


VERSE 2:
Oh baby, you don't know what I've done,
I've committed a crime, I've broken the law.
While you were here sleeping and just dreaming of me,
I held up and robbed a liquor store.

CHORUS

VERSE 3:
Oh my life seems unreal, my crime an illusion,
A scene badly written in which I must play.
And though it puts me uptight to leave you,
I know it's not right to leave you,
When morning is just a few hours away.

CHORUS

OUTRO:
  Am  Am/G  F  E
  Am  Am/G  F  E  (repeat and fade)