Criminals- Fiona Apple
Verse:
Am F7
Ive been a bad bad girl
Am F7
Ive been careless with a delicate man
Am F7
And its a sad sad world
Am
When a girl can break a boy
F7
Just because she can
Pre-Chorus
C Bb F7
Dont you tell me to deny it
C
Ive done wrong and I want to
Bb Am
Suffer for my sins
C Bb
Ive come to you cause I need
Ab7 G7
Guidance to be true
F7 Ab7
And I just dont know where I can begin
Chorus:
F7 Cm
What I need is a good defense
F7 Cm
cause Im feelin like a criminal
F7
And I need to be redeemed
Cm Bb
To the one I sinned against
Ab7 G7 F7
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:
F7 Cm
What I need is a good defense
F7 Cm
cause Im feelin like a criminal
F7
And I need to be redeemed
Cm Bb
To the one I sinned against
Ab7 G7 F7
Because he was all I ever knew of love
Bridge:
Eb Cb
Let me know the way
Ab Cb
Before theres hell to pay
Ab Cb Ab7
Give me room to lay the law and let me go
Ab Cb
Ive got to make a play
Ab Cb
To make my lover stay
Eb Cb
So what would an angel say
Ab7
cause the devil wants to know
Chorus: (X2)
F7 Cm
What I need is a good defense
F7 Cm
cause Im feelin like a criminal
F7
And I need to be redeemed
Cm Bb
To the one I sinned against
Ab7 G7 F7
Because he was all I ever knew of love