Have Mercy On The Criminal

Elton John

Tom: D#

Mel: G Bb C Eb C Bb C  G Bb C Eb C Bb C  G Bb C Eb C Bb C  G Bb C Bb C Eb F G
Chd:      Cm                Eb6/Bb             F7/A                Ab

Mel: G Bb C Eb C Bb C  G Bb C Eb C Bb C  G Bb C Eb C Bb C  G Bb C Eb C Bb C
Chd:      Cm                                  Eb6/Bb

Mel: G Bb C Eb C Bb C  G Bb C Eb C Bb C  G Bb C Eb C Bb C Eb G Bb C Eb C Eb C Eb
Chd:      F7/A                                  Ab

Mel: G                G Bb C Eb C Bb G Gb F Eb C  Bb
Chd: Cm               {none}                           Cm

Cm                 G7 B          Cm Bb            Fm Ab
Have you heard the dogs at night somewhere on the hill?
                  Cm G         Cm                   G            G B Eb Bb G B
Chasing some poor criminal & I guess they're out to kill.
         Cm               G7 B            Eb Bb         Fm Ab
Oh there must be shackles on his feet and mother in his eyes.
               Cm G                Cm                 G    D  G  D G    F  D  B
Stumbling thru devil dark with the hound pack in full cry.

  Ab         C  Eb  F  Bb          D  F  G     Cm
     Have mercy        on  the criminal         who is running from the law.
Ab       C     Eb    F     Bb                 D  F  G        Cm
Are you blind       to the wind of change?         Don't you hear him anymore?
Ab7      F  Eb       Ab   Ab7        Ab  G  Gb  Fm
Praying Lord    you gotta help me.              I am never gonna sin again
Cm   Cm         Bb          Ab7                   G7                      Cm  G7
Just take these chains from round my legs.  Sweet Jesus I'll be your friend.

             Cm            G7 B
Now have you ever seen the white teeth gleam
                Cm Bb             Fm Ab
     while you lie on a cold damp ground?
                               Cm G
You're taking in the face of a rifle butt
               Cm               G               G B Eb Bb G B
     while the wardens hold you down.
           Cm           G7 B                     Eb Bb               Fm Ab
And you've never seen a friend in years.  Oh, it turns your heart to stone.
                           Cm G
You jump the walls and the dogs run free,
             Cm                    G     D  G  D G    F  D  B
     and the grave's gonna be your home.