Elton John – Have Mercy On The Criminals (Guitar)

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Chords

[Intro]
   Dm
e|---------------1------------------------------|
B|--------1--3-------3---1----------------------|
G|-----2--------------------2—-1--0-------------|
D|-----------------------------------------0----|
A|------------------------------------3h--------|
E|----------------------------------------------|
[Verse 1]
Am                 Esus4        E
Have you heard the dogs at night

Am               Dm
Somewhere on the hill

Dm7               Am
Chasing some poor criminal

                           Esus4  E
And I guess they're out to kill

Am                        Esus4        E
Oh there must be shackles on his feet

    Am            Dm
And mother in his eyes

Dm7                   Am
Stumbling through the devil-dark

                            Esus4 E
With the hound pack in full cry
[Chorus]
     F            G
Have mercy on the criminal

        Am                     Am/G
Who is running from the law

F                    G
Are you blind to the winds of change

          Am                      Am/G
Don't you hear him any more

F                               F/E
Praying Lord you got to help me

Dm
I ain't ever gonna sin again

     Am         G            D7
Just take these chains from around my legs

      F          E        Am
Sweet Jesus I'll be your friend
[Verse 2]
                  Am       Esus4             E
Now have you ever seen the white teeth gleam

          Am                 Dm
While you lie on a cold damp ground

Dm7                            Am
You're taking in the face of a rifle butt

                           Esus4   E
While the wardens hold you down

           Am           Esus4           E
And you've never seen a friend in years

      Am                   Dm
Oh it turns your heart to stone

Dm7                        Am
You jump the walls and the dogs run free

                              Esus4  E
And the grave's gonna be your home
[Chorus]
     F                  G
Ooh, Have mercy on the criminal

        Am                     Am/G
Who is running from the law

F                    G
Are you blind to the winds of change

          Am                      Am/G
Don't you hear him any more

F                               F/E
Praying Lord you got to help me

Dm
I ain't ever gonna sin again

     Am         G            D7
Just take these chains from around my legs

      F          E        Am
Sweet Jesus I'll be your friend

     F                  G
Ooh, Have mercy on the criminal

        Am                     Am/G
Who is running from the law

F                    G
Are you blind to the winds of change

          Am                      Am/G
Don't you hear him any more

F                               F/E
Praying Lord you got to help me

Dm
I ain't ever gonna sin again

     Am         G            D7
Just take these chains from around my legs

      F          E        Am
Sweet Jesus I'll be your friend