Fiona Apple – Criminal (Ukulele)

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Song: Criminal Words and Music: Fiona Apple Moderately Slow [Intro] 2 bars bass & drums, then 2 bars with Cm7b5 chord stabs, | Cm7b5 | Cm7b5 | Cm7b5 | Cm7b5 | [Verse]
Am                   F7
   I've been a bad bad girl,

Am                           F7
   I've been careless with a delicate man.

Am                   F7
   And it's a sad sad world,

Am
   When a girl can break a boy

F7
Just because she can.
[Pre-Chorus]
C           Bb            F7
  Don't you tell me to deny it,

           C
I've done wrong and I want to

Bb           Am
Suffer for my sins.

C               Bb
  I've come to you cause I need

Ab7             G7
Guidance to be true

           F7                       Ab7
And I just don't know where I can begin.
[Chorus]
F7               Cm
What I need is a good defense

          F7                 Cm
cause I'm feelin' like a criminal.

      F7
And I need to be redeemed

       Cm                 Bb
To the one I sinned against

             Ab7    G7           F7
Because he's all I e-ver knew of love.
[Verse]
Am                        F7
   Heaven help me for the way I am.

Am
   Save me from these evil deeds

  F7
Before I get them done.

Am                            F7
   I know tomorrow brings the consequence at hand.

    Am
But I keep livin' this day like

    F7
The next will never come.
[Pre-Chorus]
    C                  Bb
Oh, help me, but don't tell me

      F7
To deny it.

            C
I've gotta cleanse myself.

   Bb
Of all these lies till I'm

Am
Good enough for him.

C
  I've got a lot to lose and I'm

Ab7
Bettin' high.

       G7            F7
So I'm beggin' you before it ends

                        Ab7
Just tell me where to begin.
[Chorus]
F7               Cm
What I need is a good defense

          F7                 Cm
cause I'm feelin' like a criminal.

      F7
And I need to be redeemed

       Cm                 Bb
To the one I sinned against

             Ab7    G7           F7
Because he's all I e-ver knew of love.
[Interlude] | Cm7b5 | Cm7b5 | Cm7b5 | Cm7b5 | [Bridge]
Eb           Cb
    Let me know the way

Ab                  Cb
    Before there's hell to pay.

Eb           Cb              Ab7
    Give me room to lay the law and let me go.

Eb            Cb
    I gotta make a play

Ab             Cb
    To make my lover stay.

Eb                    Cb
    So what would an angel say?

    Ab7
The devil wants to know.
[Chorus]
F7                  Cm
   What I need is a good defense

          F7                  Cm
cause I'm feelin' like a criminal.

      F7
And I need to be redeemed

       Cm                 Bb
To the one I sinned against

             Ab7    G7           F7
Because he's all I e-ver knew of love.

F7               Cm
What I need is a good defense

          F7                 Cm
cause I'm feelin' like a criminal.

      F7
And I need to be redeemed

       Cm                 Bb
To the one I sinned against

             Ab7    G7         F7
Because he's all I e-ver knew of love.
[Outro]
| Cm7b5  | Cm7b5  | Cm7b5  | Cm7b5  |
Repeat & continue groove on Cm7b5 for c. 1:25