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From: Member2945@aol.com
Subject: CHD: T-Bone Burnett- "Criminal "

The following are the chords and lyrics for a song from one of my favorite
songwriters.  Although the music is simple, the lyrics are profound.


"The Criminal Under My Own Hat"  by T-Bone Burnett
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F#m (244222@1)                 EI've (022100@1)seen a lot of criminals
F#m (244222@1)                 EI've (022100@1)seen a lot of crimes
F#m (244222@1)                 EDoing (022100@1)a lot of evil deeds
F#m (244222@1)            EDoing (022100@1)a lot of time

F#m (244222@1)                                EWe (022100@1)speak of these men as aliens
F#m (244222@1)                       E>From (022100@1)some forbidden race
F#m (244222@1)                                EWe (022100@1)speak of these men as animals
F#m (244222@1)                 EWe (022100@1)will lock in a cage

INSTRUMENTAL (same alternating chords)
F#m (244222@1)                                  EBut (022100@1)there's one man I must arrest
F#m (244222@1)            EI (022100@1)must interrogate
F#m (244222@1)                                     EOne (022100@1)man that I must make confess
F#m (244222@1)          EThen (022100@1)rehabilitate

F#m (244222@1)                          EThere (022100@1)is no other I can blame
F#m (244222@1)              ENo (022100@1)other I can judge
F#m (244222@1)                         ENo (022100@1)other I can cast in shame
F#m (244222@1)           EThen (022100@1)require blood

INSTRUMENTAL  (same alternating chords)

Bridge:
      E (022100@1)     I see him in the shadows down the hall
      E (022100@1)     I see him in the plaster on the wall

F#m (244222@1)                                  EThere (022100@1)is no crime he cannot commit
F#m (244222@1)                    ENo (022100@1)murder too complex
F#m (244222@1)                        EHis (022100@1)heart is filled with larceny
F#m (244222@1)                  EAnd (022100@1)violence and sex

F#m (244222@1)                        EHis (022100@1)heart is filled with envy
F#m (244222@1)                 EAnd (022100@1)revenge and greed
F#m (244222@1)                        EHis (022100@1)heart is filled with nothing
F#m (244222@1)                        EHis (022100@1)heart is filled with need


F#m (244222@1)                      EHe' (022100@1)s capable of anything
F#m (244222@1)              EOf (022100@1)any vicious act
F#m (244222@1)                        EThis (022100@1)criminal is dangerous
F#m (244222@1)                               EThe (022100@1)criminal under my own hat.
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