Tom: Cm
Cm Gsus4
Have you heard the dogs at night
Cm Fm/Ab
Somewhere on the hill
Fm7 Cm
Chasing some poor criminal
Gsus4
And I guess they're out to kill
Cm Gsus4
Oh there must be shackles on his feet
Cm Fm/Ab
And mother in his eyes
Fm7 Cm
Stumbling through the devil-dark
G
With the hound pack in full cry
[Chorus]
Ab Bb
Have mercy on the criminal
Cm Cm/Bb
Who is running from the law
Ab Bb
Are you blind to the winds of change
Cm Cm/Bb
Don't you hear him any more
Ab Ab/G
Praying Lord you got to help me
Fm
I ain't ever gonna sin again
Cm Bb F7
Just take these chains from around my legs
Ab G Cm
Sweet Jesus I'll be your friend
[Verse 2]
Cm Gsus4
Now have you ever seen the white teeth gleam
Cm Fm/Ab
While you lie on a cold damp ground
Fm7 Cm
You're taking in the face of a rifle butt
Gsus4
While the wardens hold you down
Cm Gsus4
And you've never seen a friend in years
Cm Fm/Ab
Oh it turns your heart to stone
Fm7 Cm
You jump the walls and the dogs run free
Gsus4
And the grave's gonna be your home
[Chorus] (x2)
Ab Bb
Ooh, Have mercy on the criminal
Cm Cm/Bb
Who is running from the law
Ab Bb
Are you blind to the winds of change
Cm Cm/Bb
Don't you hear him any more
Ab Ab/G
Praying Lord you got to help me
Fm
I ain't ever gonna sin again
Cm Bb F7
Just take these chains from around my legs
Ab G Cm
Sweet Jesus I'll be your friend
