Chords for Elton John - Have Mercy on the Criminal (1972) With Lyrics!

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[Cm] Have [C] _ _ you heard [G] the dogs at night _ _ [Eb] somewhere _ _ on [Fm] the hill _ _
[Ab] chasing _ _ _ some [Cm] old criminal? _
_ And I guess they're out [G] to kill. _
There _ _ _ _
_ _ [Cm] must be shackles [G] on his feet _ _ [Eb] and mother _ in [Fm] his eyes. _
_ _ _ _ Stumbling through the [Cm] devil's door _ with a hound [Fm] packed in [Cm] [G] for pride. _
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_ _ [Ab] _ _ Have mercy on [Bb] the criminal _ _ [Cm] who has run him from the law.
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[Bb] _ [Ab] _ _ Are you blind [Bb] to the winds of change? _
[Gm] [Cm] Don't you dare enter the floor. _
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[Bb] _ [Ab] _ _ Prayin' Lord you gotta help me. _ _
_ [Fm] _ I ain't never gonna sin again. _ _ _
[Eb] [Cm] Now the time [Bb] is tight.
[Ab] Come around my way. _
[G] Sweet Jesus I'll be your friend.
[C] _ _ _ [Cm] _ _
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_ [Cm] _ _ _ See _ [G] the white teeth gleam _ while [Cm] you lie on a cold [Ab] damn ground.
[Fm] _ _
_ _ You're taking in the face [Cm] of a rival boy _
_ [Bb] [Cm] while the _ wardens hold [G] you down. _
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_ _ [C] Never _ [Cm]
seen [G] a friend in years.
_ [Eb] Oh it _ turns your heart to [Fm] stone. _ _ _
_ _ [Ab] You've jumped the walls _ [Cm] and the dogs ran free.
_ And the _ grave's gonna be [G] your home. _
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_ [Bb] Have mercy on the criminal _ _ who [Cm] has run him from the law.
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[Bb] _ [Ab] _ _ _ _
Are you blind [Bb] to the winds of _ change?
[Cm] Don't you dare enter the floor. _
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[Bb] _ [Ab] _ _ Prayin' Lord you gotta help me. _ _
_ [F] I ain't never gonna sin again.
_ [Fm] Now the time [Cm] is _ _ [Bb] tight.
[Ab] Come around my way.
Sweet [G] Jesus I'll be your [C] _ friend.
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[Cm] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
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_ _ [Eb] Now the time is tight.
Come around my way.
Sweet Jesus I'll be your friend.
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[C] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ Oh _ _ _
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I'm [Bb] a criminal _ who [Cm] has run him from the law. _
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[Ab] _ _ _ Are you blind [Bb] to the winds of _ change?
[Gm]
[Cm] Don't you dare enter the floor. _ _
_ _ [Ebm] _ _ [Bb] _ _
[Ab] _ _ Prayin' Lord you gotta help me. _ _
[F] I ain't never gonna sin _ [Fm] again.
_ _ [Cm] Now the time [Bb] is tight.
[Ab] Come around my way.
_ Sweet [G] Jesus I'll be your [Cm]
friend.
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