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
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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

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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.

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