Fiona Apple - Criminal guitar tab

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Date: Thu, 20 Nov 1997 01:34:08 -0800

From: Jake

Subject: Criminal by Fiona Apple

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]

Chorus: [F7 C7] x2

[F7 C7 Bb7 Ab7 G7 F7]

Bridge: [D#7 B7 Ab7 B7 D#7 B7 Ab7] x2