Chords for Lena Hall Obsessed: Elton John - “Have Mercy on the Criminal”

_ _ [Em] _ _ Have you heard [Eb] the dogs [Eb] at night?
_ _ [Gm] _ Somewhere on down [C] the hill _ _
_ _ _ _ Chasing some [Em] poor criminal _
_ And I guess they're out to [B] kill _
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[E] Oh, there must [C] be shackles [Eb] on his feet
_ [Gm] And mother _ _ [C] in his eyes _
_ _ [A] _ _ [Am] Stumbling through [Em] the devil dark
_ With a hound pack in [B] full _ cry
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_ [C] Have mercy _ _ [D] on the criminal _
_ [Em] Who is running from the law _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ [C] _ _ Are you _ [D] blind to the winds of _ change?
[Em] Can you hear him anymore?
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_ _ [C] _ _ Pray Lord, you help _ me
[A] I'm _ _ [Am] never gonna sin _ again
_ [Em] Just take [D] these chains [C] from around my legs
[B] Sweet Jesus, I'll be your _ [Em] friend _
_ _ [B] Clean _ _
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ _
_ [Eb] the white teeth clean
While [Gm] you're lying on a cold [C] damp ground _
_ _ _ Taking in the face [B] of a rifle [Em] butt
_ While the warden _ [E] holds you [B] _ down
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_ _ [E] _ _ _ [Em] _
Ain't a [Eb] friend in you
And [G] it _ turns your heart [C] to stone _
Well, [A] you jump the [Am] walls
_ [B] And the dogs [G] break free
_ [Em] And the _ grave's gonna be [B] your home _
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_ [E] Who is running from the [Em]
law _ _ _ _ _
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Can you hear him [Em] anymore?
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[E] _ _ [C] _ _ Pray Lord, you help _ me
_ [A] _ I'm [Am]
never gonna sin _ again
_ [Em] Just take [D] these chains [C] from around my [B] legs
Sweet Jesus, I'll be your [E] _ [Em] _ _ _
friend
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Who is running [Em] _ _
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[E] _ _ [C] _ from the law
Are you blind [D] to the _ [Em] winds of change?
Can you hear him anymore? _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ [C] _ _ Pray Lord, you _ _ _ _ help [Am] me _ _ _
_ I'm [A] never gonna sin again
[Am] _ [Em] Just take [D] these chains [C] from around my _ legs
[Am] Sweet [B] Jesus, I'll be [Em] your friend _
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