Criminal chords by Fiona Apple

Chords with lyrics (Ver. 2)

Chords:
A minorAm
F7F7
C majorC
Bb majorBb
Ab7Ab7
G7G7
C minorCm
Eb MajorEb
BB
AbAb
Gb7Gb7

Verse:
A minorAm        F7F7
Ive been a bad bad girl,
A minorAm            F7F7
Ive been careless with a delicate man.
A minorAm        F7F7
And its a sad sad world,
A minorAm
When a girl can break a boy
F7F7
Just because she can.

Pre-Chorus

C majorC    Bb majorBb       F7F7
Dont you tell me to deny it,
       C majorC
Ive done wrong and I want to
Bb majorBb      A minorAm
Suffer for my sins.
C majorC        Bb majorBb
Ive come to you cause I need
Ab7Ab7         G7G7
Guidance to be true
      F7F7              Ab7Ab7
And I just dont know where I can begin.

Chorus:

F7F7        C minorCm
What I need is a good defense
     F7F7         C minorCm
cause Im feelin like a criminal.
   F7F7
And I need to be redeemed
    C minorCm         Bb majorBb
To the one I sinned against
        Ab7Ab7   G7G7     F7F7
Because he was all I ever knew of love.

Verse: (follows same pattern as first verse)

Heaven help me for the way I am.
Save me from these evil deeds.
Before I get them done.
I know tomorrow brings the consequence
At hand.
But I keep livin this day like
The next will never come.
Oh, help me, but dont tell me
To deny it.
Ive got to cleanse myself.
Of all these lies till Im good
Enough for him.
Ive got a lot to lose and im
Bettin high
So Im beggin you before it ends
Just tell me where to begin.


Chorus:

F7F7        C minorCm
What I need is a good defense
     F7F7         C minorCm
cause Im feelin like a criminal.
   F7F7
And I need to be redeemed
    C minorCm         Bb majorBb
To the one I sinned against
        Ab7Ab7   G7G7     F7F7
Because he was all I ever knew of love.


Bridge:

Eb MajorEb       BB
  Let me know the way
AbAb          BB
  Before theres hell to pay.
AbAb       BB       Ab7Ab7
  Give me room to lay the law and let me go.
AbAb        BB
  Ive got to make a play
AbAb       BB
  To make my lover stay
 Eb MajorEb          BB
  So, what would an angel say?
     Ab7Ab7
cause the devil wants to know.


Chorus: (X2)

F7F7        C minorCm
What I need is a good defense
     F7F7         C minorCm
cause Im feelin like a criminal.
   F7F7
And I need to be redeemed
    C minorCm         Bb majorBb
To the one I sinned against
        Ab7Ab7   G7G7     F7F7
Because he was all I ever knew of love.

Other versions of Criminal

Alternative guitar chords and tabs for Criminal (Ver. 3) by Fiona Apple