Elvis Costello – Let Him Dangle (Ukulele)

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#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------## Subject: CRD: Elvis Costello - Let him Dangle, Gods Comic. From [email protected] (PERRETT,Andrew) Date: Sat, 13 Nov 1993 15:18:27 GMT X-News-Reader: VMS NEWS v1.25 >From the Spike album Let Him Dangle - Elvis Costello (D. MacManus) [Verse 1]
Em
Bentley said to Craig, "Let him have it Chris!"

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They still dont know today just what he meant by this.

Em
Craig fired the pistol but was too young to swing

        C                       B7
so the police took Bentley and the very next thing ...
[Chorus]
 Em                                 C           B7
 ... Let him dangle let him dangle Do do do ... do do do do (2x)
[Verse 2]
Em
Bentley had surrendered -- he was under arrest

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when he gave Chris Craig that fatal request

Em
Craig shot Sidney Miles -- he took Bentley's word

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the prosecution claimed as they charged him with murder...
[Chorus]
 Em                                 C           B7
 ... Let him dangle let him dangle Do do do ... do do do do (2x)
[Verse 3]
Em
 They said Derek Bentley was easily led;

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 well whats that to the women that Sidney Miles wed?

Em
 Though guilty was the verdict and Craig had shot him dead

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 the gallows were for Bentley and still she never said...
[Chorus]
 Em                                 C           B7
 ... Let him dangle let him dangle Do do do ... do do do do (2x)
[Bridge]
         G          D            Am7
Well its hard to imagine its the times that have changed

              G                                                D
when there's a murder in the kitchen that is brutal and strange

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If killing anybody is a terrible crime why does this blood thirsty chorus

      B7
 come round from time to time:

 Em                                 C           B7
 ... Let him dangle let him dangle Do do do ... do do do do
[Verse 4]
Em
 Not many people thought that Bentley would hang

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 but the word never came the phone never rang.

Em
 Outside Wandsworth prison there was horror and hate

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 as the hangman shook Bentleys hand to calculate his weight....

 Em                                 C           B7
 ... Let him dangle let him dangle Do do do ... do do do do (2x)
[Bridge]
         G          D            Am7
Well its hard to imagine its the times that have changed

              G                                                D
when there's a murder in the kitchen that is brutal and strange

   G           D          Am7                        D
If killing anybody is a terrible crime why does this blood thirsty chorus

      B7
 come round from time to time:

 Em                 C              B7
 ... Let him dangle let him dangle Do do do do do do do do do
[Verse 5]
Em
 From a welfare state to society murder

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 "Bring back the noose," is always heard

Em
 whenever those swine are under attack

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 but it wont make you even it wont bring him back...

 Em                                C              B7
 ... Let him dangle let him dangle Do do do do do do do do do (repeat and fade)