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.