Elton John - Have Mercy On The Criminals Chords

RIFF 1
 
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RIFF 2
 
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[Verse 1]
          Cm        G7
Have you heard the dogs at night
Bb                Ab
Somewhere on the hill
Ab                  Cm/G
Chasing some poor criminal
        Cm                  G7
And I guess they're out to kill
          Cm               G7
Oh there must be shackles on his feet
     Bb            Ab
And mother in his eyes
Fm                     Cm/G
Stumbling through the devil-dark
          Cm                 G7
With the hound pack in full cry
 
 
[Chorus]
       Ab         Bb
Have mercy on the criminal
(RIFF 1)                   Cm  (RIFF 2)
Who is running from the law
Ab                     Bb
Are you blind to the winds of change?
(RIFF 1)                     Cm  (RIFF 2)
Don't you hear him any more?
Ab7
Praying "Lord, you gotta help me
Fm
I am never gonna sin again
      Cm          Cm7          Ab7
Just take these chains from around my legs
G7                                  Cm   G
Sweet Jesus, I'll be your friend"
 
 
[Verse 2]
              Cm            G7
Now have you ever seen the white teeth gleam
           Bb                 Ab
While you lie on a cold damp ground
Fm                              Cm/G
You're taking in the face of a rifle butt
            Cm               G
While the wardens hold you down
            Cm            G
And you've never seen a friend in years
         Bb                      Ab
Oh, it turns your heart to stone
     Ab                     Cm/G
You jump the walls and the dogs run free
         Cm                     G7
And the grave's gonna be your home
 
 
[Chorus]
          Ab            Bb
Oh, have mercy on the criminal
(RIFF 1)                   Cm (RIFF 2)
Who is running from the law
Ab                     Bb
Are you blind to the winds of change?
(RIFF 1)                    Cm  (RIFF 2)
Don't you hear him any more?
Ab7
Praying "Lord, you gotta help me
Fm
I am never gonna sin again
      Cm          Cm7          Ab7
Just take these chains from around my legs
G7                                  Cm   G
Sweet Jesus, I'll be your friend"
 
 
[Chorus]
 
          Ab            Bb
Oh, have mercy on the criminal
(RIFF 1)                     Cm (RIFF 2)
Who is running from the law
Ab                     Bb
Are you blind to the winds of change?
(RIFF 1)                     Cm (RIFF 2)
Don't you hear him any more?
Ab7
Praying "Lord, you gotta help me
Fm
I am never gonna sin again
      Cm          Cm7          Ab7
Just take these chains from around my legs
G7                                  Cm   G
Sweet Jesus, I'll be your friend"