Have Mercy On The Criminal Chords by Elton John

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_ _ Have you heard [G] the dogs at [G] night?
_ _ [Eb] Somewhere _ _ [Ab] on the hill _ _ Chasing _ _ _ some _ [Cm]
old criminal
_ _ [C] And I guess they're out [Cm] to [G] kill _ There _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
[Cm] must be a shackle _ [G]
on his feet
_ _ [Bb] A mother _ [Gm] in [Ab] his eyes _ _
_ _ [Fm] _ _ Stumbling through the [Cm] devil's door
_ With a hound packed in [G] for a cry _ Have _ _ _ _ _ _ [Ab] mercy _ _ _ on the [Bb] _ criminal
_ Prove [Cm] that's not a fumble or Are _ [Gm] _ [Gb] _ _
[Cm] _ [Bb] _ [Ab] _ _ you [Fm] blind to [Bb] the winds of change?
_ [Bb] Lord, you [Cm] hear him in the morn _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Ab] _ _ _ Prayin' Lord _ help me
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I ain't never gonna sin _ again _ _ _ [Eb] [Cm] I'll take [G] these chains [Ab] from around my lips
Sweet [G] Jesus I'll be your friend
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_ [B] _ [Cm] Now have you ever _ seen [B] the white teeth [G] gleam _ While [Eb] you lie on a cold, cold, [Ab] damp ground?
_ _ [Fm] _ You're takin' in the face of [Cm] a rival bud _ _ [C] While the _ [Cm] wardens hold you [G] down _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ You [C] think I've never _ _ [G] seen a friend in years _ When [Bb] it turns [Gm] your heart to [Fm] stone
_ _ _ _ [Ab] You jump the walls _ and [Cm] the dogs run free _ _ And the _ grave's gonna be your [G] _ _ home
Have _ _ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _
_ _ _ [Bb] mercy on the criminal _ _ _ Prove that's [Cm] not a fumble or
Are _ _ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _
you blind to [Bb] the winds of change?
_ Lord, [Cm] you hear him in the morn _
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_ Prayin' Lord help me
_ I [F] _ _ ain't never gonna sin _ again [Cm] I'll [Bb] take _ _ these chains [Ab] from around my lips
Sweet [G] Jesus I'll be your [C] friend
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_ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] I'm a criminal
_ _ _ [Cm] Prove that's not a fumble or Are _ _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ you blind to the winds of change?
_ [Cm] Don't you hear him anymore? _ _ _ _ _ _
[Cm] _ [Bb] _ _ [Ab] _ Prayin' Lord you gotta help me
[Ab] I [F] _
ain't never gonna sin _ _ _ [C] again _ _ _ [Cm] _ I'll take these [Bb]
chains [Ab] from around my lips
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[G] Sweet Jesus I'll be your [Cm] friend
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