Guitar chords Have Mercy On The Criminal

Key:  C
    
G
 
Bb
 
C
 
Eb
 
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G
 
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G
 
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Eb
 
F
 
G
 
              
Cm
                              
Eb6
                        
F7/A
                              
Ab
 
    
G
 
Bb
 
C
 
Eb
 
C
 
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G
 
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G
 
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Eb
 
C
 
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C
  
G
 
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C
 
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C
 
              
Cm
                                                                  
Eb6
 
    
G
 
Bb
 
C
 
Eb
 
C
 
Bb
 
C
  
G
 
Bb
 
C
 
Eb
 
C
 
Bb
 
C
  
G
 
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Eb
 
C
 
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C
 
Eb
 
G
 
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C
 
Eb
 
C
 
Eb
 
C
 
Eb
 
              
F7/A
                                                                  
Ab
 
    
G
                               
Bb
 
C
 
Eb
 
C
 
Bb
 
G
 
Gb
 
F
 
Eb
 
C
  
Bb
 
    
Cm
 
Cm
                                
G7
 
B
                  
Cm
 
Bb
                      
Fm
 
Ab
 
Have you heard the dogs at night somewhere on the hill?
                                    
Cm
 
G
                
Cm
                                    
G
                       
B
 
Eb
 
Bb
 
G
 
B
 
Chasing some poor criminal & I guess they're out to kill.
                  
Cm
                            
G7
 
B
                      
Eb
 
Bb
                
Fm
 
Ab
 
Oh there must be shackles on his feet and mother in his eyes.
                              
Cm
 
G
                              
Cm
                                
G
      
D
  
G
  
D
 
G
      
F
  
D
  
B
 
Stumbling thru devil dark with the hound pack in full cry.
    
Ab
                
C
  
Eb
  
F
  
Bb
                  
D
  
F
  
G
        
Cm
 
          Have mercy               on   the criminal                 who is running from the law.
Ab
            
C
        
Eb
      
F
        
Bb
                                
D
  
F
  
G
              
Cm
 
Are you blind             to the wind of change?                 Don't you hear him anymore?
Ab7
          
F
  
Eb
            
Ab
    
Ab7
              
Ab
  
G
  
Gb
  
Fm
 
Praying Lord       you gotta help me.                           I am never gonna sin again
Cm
                      
Bb
                  
Ab7
                                    
G7
                                          
Cm
  
G7
 
Just take these chains from round my legs.   Sweet Jesus I'll be your friend.
                          
Cm
                      
G7
 
B
 
Now have you ever seen the white teeth gleam
                                
Cm
 
Bb
                        
Fm
 
Ab
 
          while you lie on a cold damp ground?
                                                              
Cm
 
G
 
You're taking in the face of a rifle butt
                              
Cm
                            
G
                             
B
 
Eb
 
Bb
 
G
 
B
 
          while the wardens hold you down.
                      
Cm
                    
G7
 
B
                                        
Eb
 
Bb
                            
Fm
 
Ab
 
And you've never seen a friend in years.   Oh, it turns your heart to stone.
                                                      
Cm
 
G
 
You jump the walls and the dogs run free,
                          
Cm
                                      
G
        
D
  
G
  
D
 
G
      
F
  
D
  
B
 
          and the grave's gonna be your home.