• Song:

    Jimmy Hughes - Steal Away

  • Artist:

    Misc Unsigned Bands

Steal Away:Jimmy Hughes.
#17 on BB Hot 100 on FAME Records 
in 1964. (A cousin of Percy Sledge.)

INTRO: Ebm E B

#1.
B                    D   B        A E
I've got to see you, somehow..not tomorrow, 
      G
right now.
A           B     E          Gb
I know it's late, whoaaaa, I can't wait..so, 
E                  B    E              B
come on and steal away..please, steal away.

#2.
Gb               B         A
Now, don't start thinking, tryin' to make up 
     B
your mind.
     E                             Em7
Your folks are sleeping, let's not waste any time.
G           B                   Gb        E
I know it's late, whoa, I can't wait..so, come 
       Bm     B    E              B
on and steal away..please, steal away.

BRIDGE:
Gb Abm       E
I  know it's wrong asking this of you..there's no 
      B
other way I can be with you.
   Gb        E                                Db
If only your folks would approve, seeing like this, 
                    Gb
we wouldn't have to do, no, no.

#4.
        B                       E            B
I won't tell anybody else..I'll keep it to myself.
  Em7       B                   Gb        E
I know it's late, whoa, I can't wait..so, come on 
    Bm     B    E              B
and steal away, please, steal away.

OUTRO:
E       B                E             B
Cause I need you, yes, I do, oh, by my side, yes..(Fade.)


A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.
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