Key: Am
Introduction:
Am F7
I' ve been a bad bad girl,
Am F7
I' ve been careless with a delicate man.
Am F7
And it' s a sad sad world,
Am
When a girl can break a boy
F7
Just because she can.
C Bb F7
Don' t you tell me to deny it,
C
I' ve done wrong and I want to
Bb Am
Suffer for my sins.
C Bb
I' ve come to you cause I need
Ab7 G7
Guidance to be true
F7 Ab7
And I just don' t know where I can begin.
F7 Cm7
What I need is a good defense
F7 Cm7
cause I' m feelin' like a criminal.
F7
And I need to be redeemed
Cm7 Bb
To the one I sinned against
Ab7 G7 F7
Because he was all I ever knew of love.
Am F7
Heaven help me for the way I am.
Am F7
Save me from these evil deeds.
Am F7
Before I get them done.
Am F7
I know tomorrow brings the consequence at hand.
Am F7
But I keep livin' this day like
Am F7
The next will never come.
C Bb F7
Oh, help me, but don' t tell me to deny it.
C
I' ve got to cleanse myself.
Bb Am
Of all these lies till I' m good enough for him.
C Bb Ab7
I' ve got a lot to lose and I' m bettin' high
G7
So I' m beggin' you before it ends
F7 Ab7
Just tell me where to begin.
F7 Cm7
What I need is a good defense
F7 Cm7
cause I' m feelin' like a criminal.
F7
And I need to be redeemed
Cm7 Bb
To the one I sinned against
Ab7 G7 F7
Because he was all I ever knew of love.
Eb B7
Let me know the way
Ab7 B7
Before there' s hell to pay.
Eb B7 Ab7
Give me room to lay the law and let me go.
Eb B7
I' ve got to make a play
Ab7 B7
To make my lover stay.
Eb B7
So, what would an angel say?
Ab7
cause the devil wants to know.
F7 Cm7
What I need is a good defense
F7 Cm7
cause I' m feelin' like a criminal.
F7
And I need to be redeemed
Cm7 Bb
To the one I sinned against
Ab7 G7 F7
Because he was all I ever knew of love.
F7 Cm7
What I need is a good defense
F7 Cm7
cause I' m feelin' like a criminal.
F7
And I need to be redeemed
Cm7 Bb
To the one I sinned against
Ab7 G7 F7 Cm7
Because he was all I ever knew of loooooooooooove. Love