[Intro]
[Strophe]
Am                 F7 
I've been a bad bad girl, 
Am                        F7 
I've been careless with a delicate
 man. 
I've been careless with a delicate man. 
Am                 F7 
And it's a sad sad world, 
Am 
When a girl can break a boy 
F7 
Just because she can.
[Pre-Refrain]
C         Bb              F7 
Don't you tell me to deny it, 
               C 
I've done wrong and I want to 
Bb            Am 
Suffer for my sins. 
C                Bb 
I've come to you cause I need 
Ab7                  G7 
Guidance to be true 
           F7                    
And I just don't know where I can
        Ab7 
 begin.
And I just don't know where I can begin.
[Refrain]
F7               Cm7 
What I need is a good defense 
          F7                  Cm7 
cause I'm feelin' like a criminal. 
      F7 
And I need to be redeemed 
       Cm7                 Bb 
To the one I sinned against 
               Ab7     G7        
Because he was all I ever knew of
 F7 
 love.
Because he was all I ever knew of love.
[Strophe]
Am                F7 
Heaven help me for the way I am. 
Am                F7 
Save me from these evil deeds. 
Am                F7 
Before I get them done.  
Am                F7 
I know tomorrow brings the
 consequence at hand. 
I know tomorrow brings the consequence at hand. 
Am                 F7 
But I keep livin' this day like 
Am                F7 
The next will never come.
[Pre-Refrain]
C        Bb               F7 
Oh, help me, but don't tell me to
 deny it. 
Oh, help me, but don't tell me to deny it. 
C 
I've got to cleanse myself. 
Bb              Am 
Of all these lies till I'm good
 enough for him. 
Of all these lies till I'm good enough for him. 
C                   Bb        
I've got a lot to lose and I'm
 Ab7 
 bettin' high 
I've got a lot to lose and I'm bettin' high 
          G7 
So I'm beggin' you before it ends 
F7                           Ab7 
Just tell me where to begin.
[Refrain]
F7               Cm7 
What I need is a good defense 
          F7                  Cm7 
cause I'm feelin' like a criminal. 
      F7 
And I need to be redeemed 
       Cm7                 Bb 
To the one I sinned against 
               Ab7     G7        
Because he was all I ever knew of
 F7 
 love.
Because he was all I ever knew of love.
[Pont]
Eb             Cb7 
    Let me know the way 
Ab7                   Cb7 
    Before there's hell to pay. 
Eb              Cb7            Ab7 
    Give me room to lay the law and
 let me go. 
    Give me room to lay the law and let me go. 
Eb                 Cb7 
    I've got to make a play 
Ab7            Cb7 
    To make my lover stay. 
 Eb                    Cb7 
    So, what would an angel say? 
          Ab7 
cause the devil wants to know.
[Refrain]
F7               Cm7 
What I need is a good defense 
          F7                  Cm7 
cause I'm feelin' like a criminal. 
      F7 
And I need to be redeemed 
       Cm7                 Bb 
To the one I sinned against 
               Ab7     G7        
Because he was all I ever knew of
 F7 
 love.  
Because he was all I ever knew of love.  
F7               Cm7 
What I need is a good defense 
          F7                  Cm7 
cause I'm feelin' like a criminal. 
      F7 
And I need to be redeemed 
       Cm7                 Bb 
To the one I sinned against 
               Ab7     G7        
Because he was all I ever knew of
 F7                  Cm7 
 loooooooooooove.   Love
Because he was all I ever knew of loooooooooooove.   Love
[Outro]
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