VerseAmF7
Ive been a bad bad girl,
AmF7
Ive been careless with a delicate man.
AmF7
And its a sad sad world,
Am
When a girl can break a boy
F7
Just because she can.
Pre-ChorusCA#F7
Dont you tell me to deny it,
C
Ive done wrong and I want to
A#Am
Suffer for my sins.
CA#
Ive come to you cause I need
G#7G7
Guidance to be true
F7G#7
And I just dont know where I can begin.
ChorusF7Cm
What I need is a good defense
F7Cm
cause Im feelin like a criminal.
F7
And I need to be redeemed
CmA#
To the one I sinned against
G#7G7F7
Because he was all I ever knew of love.
Verse (follows same pattern as first Verse)
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 will never come.
Oh, help me, but dont tell me
To deny it.
Ive got to cleanse myself.
Of all these lies till Im good
Enough for him.
Ive got a lot to lose and im
Bettin high
So Im beggin you before it ends
Just tell me where to begin.
ChorusF7Cm
What I need is a good defense
F7Cm
cause Im feelin like a criminal.
F7
And I need to be redeemed
CmA#
To the one I sinned against
G#7G7F7
Because he was all I ever knew of love.
BridgeD#B
Let me know the way
G#B
Before theres hell to pay.
G#BG#7
Give me room to lay the law and let me go.
G#B
Ive got to make a play
G#B
To make my lover stay
D#B
So, what would an angel say?
G#7
cause the devil wants to know.
ChorusF7Cm
What I need is a good defense
F7Cm
cause Im feelin like a criminal.
F7
And I need to be redeemed
CmA#
To the one I sinned against
G#7G7F7
Because he was all I ever knew of love.
F7Cm
What I need is a good defense
F7Cm
cause Im feelin like a criminal.
F7
And I need to be redeemed
CmA#
To the one I sinned against
G#7G7F7
Because he was all I ever knew of love.
Hope this helped!! :)
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