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Criminal Chords

[Verse 1]
 
Am                 F
I've been a bad bad girl,
Am                        F
I've been careless with a delicate man.
Am                 F
And it's a sad sad world,
Am
When a girl can break a boy
F
Just because she can.
 
 
[Pre-Chorus]
 
C         A#              F
Don't you tell me to deny it,
               C
I've done wrong and I want to
A#            Am
Suffer for my sins.
C                A#
I've come to you cause I need
G#                   G
Guidance to be true
           F                             G#
And I just don't know where I can begin.
 
 
[Chorus]
 
F                Cm
What I need is a good defense
          F                   Cm
cause I'm feelin' like a criminal.
      F
And I need to be redeemed
       Cm                  A#
To the one I sinned against
               G#      G          F
Because he was all I ever knew of love.
 
 
[Verse 2]
 
Am                F
Heaven help me for the way I am.
Am                F
Save me from these evil deeds.
Am                F
Before I get them done.
 
Am                F
I know tomorrow brings the consequence at hand.
Am                 F
But I keep livin' this day like
Am                F
The next will never come.
 
 
[Pre-Chorus]
 
C        A#               F
Oh, help me, but don't tell me to deny it.
C
I've got to cleanse myself.
A#              Am
Of all these lies till I'm good enough for him.
C                   A#         G#
I've got a lot to lose and I'm bettin' high
          G
So I'm beggin' you before it ends
F                            G#
Just tell me where to begin.
 
 
[Chorus]
 
F                Cm
What I need is a good defense
          F                   Cm
cause I'm feelin' like a criminal.
      F
And I need to be redeemed
       Cm                  A#
To the one I sinned against
               G#      G          F
Because he was all I ever knew of love.
 
 
[Bridge]
 
D#             B
    Let me know the way
G#                    B
    Before there's hell to pay.
D#              B             G#
    Give me room to lay the law and let me go.
D#                 B
    I've got to make a play
G#             B
    To make my lover stay.
 D#                    B
    So, what would an angel say?
          G#
cause the devil wants to know.
 
 
[Chorus]
 
F                Cm
What I need is a good defense
          F                   Cm
cause I'm feelin' like a criminal.
      F
And I need to be redeemed
       Cm                  A#
To the one I sinned against
               G#      G          F
Because he was all I ever knew of love.
 
F                Cm
What I need is a good defense
          F                   Cm
cause I'm feelin' like a criminal.
      F
And I need to be redeemed
       Cm                  A#
To the one I sinned against
               G#      G          F                   Cm
Because he was all I ever knew of loooooooooooove.   Love
 
 
[Outro]
 
F     Cm     F     Cm     F     Cm

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