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Stole, stole, stole.
Ooh,
stole, stole.
He was al ways such a (C)nice boy.
The qui et one with good in (Asus2)ten tions.
He was down for his broth er, re (C)spect ful to his moth er.
A good boy but (Asus2)good don’t get at ten tion.
One kid with a (C)pro mise.
The bright est kid in school.
He’s not a (Asus2)fool read ing books a bout sci ence and (C)smart stuff.
It’s not e nough, no, ’cause (Asus2)smart don’t make you cool.
(C)Bil ly’s not in vis i ble an (Asus2)y more with his fa ther’s nine and a bro ken (C)fuse.
er since he walked through that class (Asus2)room door he’s all o ver prime time news.
(Gm)Mar y’s got the (F)same size hands (Cm)as Mar i lyn Mon roe.
She put her (Gm)fin gers in the (F)im prints at (Cm)Mann’s Chi nese The a ter Show.
She (Gm)could ’ve been a mov ie (F)star.
Nev er (Cm)got the chance to go that far.
Her life was (Bb)stole, ooh, now we’ll nev er (G)know.
Oh no, no, no,
ooh.
They were cry ing to the (Cmaj7)cam ’ra, said he nev er fit ted in.
He was n’t (Am7)wel come.
He showed up to the part ies we was (Cmaj7)hang in’ in.
Some guys were put tin’ him down, bully in’ (Am7)him round, round.
Now I wish I would a (Cmaj7)talked to him, gave him the time of day, not turned (Am7)a way.
If I would a been the one to may be (Cmaj7)go this far he might have stayed at home play ing an gry (Am7)chords on his gui tar.
(Cmaj7)Bil not in vis i ble an (Am7)y more with his bag gy pants and his legs in (Cmaj7)chains.
er since he walked through that class (Am7)room door.
bod y knows his name.
(Gm)Mar y’s got the (F)same size hands (Cm)as Mar i lyn Mon roe.
She put her (Gm)fin gers in the (F)im prints at (Cm)Mann’s Chi nese The a ter Show.
Now She (Cm)could ’ve been a mov ie star.
Nev er got the chance to go that far.
Her life was (Bb)stole, oh now we’ll nev er (G)know,
oh.
(Gm)Greg was al ways (F)get ting net (Cm)from twen ty feet a way.
He had a (Gm)try out with the (F)Six ers, could (Cm)n’t wait for Sat a ur day.
Now we’re (Cm)nev er gon na see him slam, fly er ing the high as Ko be can.
His life was (Bb)stole, oh now we’ll nev er (G)know.
oh.
Umm, now we’ll nev er, nev er, nev er nev er know.
Stole, stole, stole
stole, stole, stole, ooh, whoa, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Oh no, no, no, yeah their lives were stole.
This page shows “Stole” by Kelly Rowland in our color-coded kid songbook view — every note is colored by pitch (red C, orange D, yellow E, green F, blue G, purple A, pink B) and the lyrics sit directly under each note, so children can sing along while they play. The song is in the key of C at 100 BPM, a medium-difficulty arrangement — try slowing the tempo down using the BPM control.