Song: Criminal
Words and Music: Fiona Apple
Moderately Slow
Chords:
AmF7CBbAb7G7CmEbCbAbGb7
Verse:
AmF7
Ive been a bad bad girl,
AmF7
Ive been careless with a delicate man.
AmF7
And its a sad sad world,
Am
When a girl can break a boy
F7
Just because she can.
Pre-Chorus
CBbF7
Dont you tell me to deny it,
C
Ive done wrong and I want to
BbAm
Suffer for my sins.
CBb
Ive come to you cause I need
Ab7G7
Guidance to be true
F7Ab7
And I just dont know where I can begin.
Chorus:
F7Cm
What I need is a good defense
F7Cm
cause Im feelin like a criminal.
F7
And I need to be redeemed
CmBb
To the one I sinned against
Ab7G7F7
Because he was all I ever knew of love.
Verse: (follows same pattern as first verse)
Heaven help me for the way I am.
Save me from these evil deeds.
Before I get them done.
I know tomorrow brings the consequence
At hand.
But I keep livin this day like
The next will never come.
Oh, help me, but dont tell me
To deny it.
Ive got to cleanse myself.
Of all these lies till Im good
Enough for him.
Ive got a lot to lose and im
Bettin high
So Im beggin you before it ends
Just tell me where to begin.
Chorus:
F7Cm
What I need is a good defense
F7Cm
cause Im feelin like a criminal.
F7
And I need to be redeemed
CmBb
To the one I sinned against
Ab7G7F7
Because he was all I ever knew of love.
Bridge:
EbCb
Let me know the way
AbCb
Before theres hell to pay.
AbCbAb7
Give me room to lay the law and let me go.
AbCb
Ive got to make a play
AbCb
To make my lover stay
EbCb
So, what would an angel say?
Ab7
cause the devil wants to know.
Chorus: (X2)
F7Cm
What I need is a good defense
F7Cm
cause Im feelin like a criminal.
F7
And I need to be redeemed
CmBb
To the one I sinned against
Ab7G7F7
Because he was all I ever knew of love.
Hope this helped!! :)