Criminal Fiona Apple
Date: Tue, 02 Dec 1997 13:06:48 -0800 From: Jake Subject: update to Criminal by Fiona Apple Verse: Am F7 Ive been a bad bad girl, Am F7 Ive been careless with a delicate man. Am F7 And its a sad sad world, Am When a girl can break a boy F7 Just because she can. Pre-Chorus C Bb F7 Dont you tell me to deny it, C Ive done wrong and I want to Bb Am Suffer for my sins. C Bb Ive come to you cause I need Ab7 G7 Guidance to be true F7 Ab7 And I just dont know where I can begin. Chorus: F7 Cm What I need is a good defense F7 Cm cause Im feelin like a criminal. F7 And I need to be redeemed Cm Bb To the one I sinned against Ab7 G7 F7 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: F7 Cm What I need is a good defense F7 Cm cause Im feelin like a criminal. F7 And I need to be redeemed Cm Bb To the one I sinned against Ab7 G7 F7 Because he was all I ever knew of love. Bridge: Eb Cb Let me know the way Ab Cb Before theres hell to pay. Ab Cb Ab7 Give me room to lay the law and let me go. Ab Cb Ive got to make a play Ab Cb To make my lover stay Eb Cb So, what would an angel say? Ab7 cause the devil wants to know. Chorus: (X2) F7 Cm What I need is a good defense F7 Cm cause Im feelin like a criminal. F7 And I need to be redeemed Cm Bb To the one I sinned against Ab7 G7 F7 Because he was all I ever knew of love. first submission, so I was excited to see it) and realized I left a chord out.  Here's the updated version.  People at OLGA: please replace my last submission with this one.  Thanks. Song:   Criminal Artist: Fiona Apple Transcription by Jake Schneider Since this song has no recognizable guitar stuff, I decided to make my own arrangement for guitar.  Send comments/suggestions to: jakester@centuryinter.net There may be one discrepancy (I'm aware of it) in re: to the Cm pentatonic bass groove being played and the guitar playing a C7 over top of it.  I tried playing a Cm/Cm7 chord but the C7 sounded better to me. CRIMINAL                          FIONA APPLE [C minor pentatonic bass groove] x 8    Guitar: C7 I've been a bad bad girl        I've been careless with a delicate man And it's a sad sad world When a girl will break a boy Just because she can Don't you tell me to deny it I've done wrong and I want to Suffer for my sins I've come to you ^�cause I need Guidance to be true And I just don't know where I can begin What I need is a good defense ^�cause I'm feelin' like a criminal And I need to be redeemed To the one I've sinned against Because he's all I ever knew of love 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 one will never come Oh help me but don't tell me to deny it I've got to cleanse myself of all these lies ^�til I'm good enough for him I've got a lot to lose and I'm bettin' high So I'm beggin' you before it ends Just tell me where to begin chorus x1  [C minor pentatonic bass groove] x 4    Guitar: C7 Let me know the way before there's hell to pay Give me room to lay the law and let me go I've got to make a play to make my lover stay So what would an angel say The devil wants to know chorus x2 ************************************************************************* Verses: [Am   F7] x4           [C7   Bb7   F7] x1         [C7   Bb7 Am] x1         [C7   Bb7   Ab7   G7   F7   Ab7] Chorus: [F7   C7] x2         [F7   C7    Bb7   Ab7   G7   F7] Bridge: [D#7   B7   Ab7   B7   D#7   B7   Ab7] x2 ************************************************************************* footnote: I tried this version out with my band (we're a 3-piece: drums, bass, & guitar-with a chick singer) and it worked out well!  I think if a band did this number "Unplugged" it would come across very 'cool' to the audience. --    Â
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