#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------## From: [email protected] 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------| F#m E I've seen a lot of criminals F#m E I've seen a lot of crimes F#m E Doing a lot of evil deeds F#m E Doing a lot of time F#m E We speak of these men as aliens F#m E >From some forbidden race F#m E We speak of these men as animals F#m E We will lock in a cage INSTRUMENTAL (same alternating chords) F#m E But there's one man I must arrest F#m E I must interrogate F#m E One man that I must make confess F#m E Then rehabilitate F#m E There is no other I can blame F#m E No other I can judge F#m E No other I can cast in shame F#m E Then require blood INSTRUMENTAL (same alternating chords) Bridge: E I see him in the shadows down the hall E I see him in the plaster on the wall F#m E There is no crime he cannot commit F#m E No murder too complex F#m E His heart is filled with larceny F#m E And violence and sex F#m E His heart is filled with envy F#m E And revenge and greed F#m E His heart is filled with nothing F#m E His heart is filled with need F#m E He' s capable of anything F#m E Of any vicious act F#m E This criminal is dangerous F#m E The criminal under my own hat.
