Have mercy on the criminal

Mel: G Bb C Eb C Bb C  G Bb C Eb C Bb C  G Bb C Eb C Bb C  G Bb C Bb C Eb F G 
Chd:      Cm                Cm Bb             F7                Ab             
 
Mel: G Bb C Eb C Bb C  G Bb C Eb C Bb C  G Bb C Eb C Bb C  G Bb C Eb C Bb C  
Chd:      Cm                                  Cm Bb                         
 
Mel: G Bb C Eb C Bb C  G Bb C Eb C Bb C  G Bb C Eb C Bb C Eb G Bb C Eb C Eb C Eb 
Chd:      F7                                  Ab                              
 
Mel: G                G Bb C Eb C Bb G Gb F Eb C  Bb 
Chd: Cm               {none}                           Cm 
 
Cm                 G7 B          Cm Bb            Fm Ab 
Have you heard the dogs at night somewhere on the hill? 
                  Cm G         Cm                   G            G B Eb Bb G B 
Chasing some poor criminal & I guess they're out to kill. 
         Cm               G7 B            Eb Bb         Fm Ab 
Oh there must be shackles on his feet and mother in his eyes. 
               Cm G                Cm                 G    D  G  D G    F  D  B 
Stumbling thru devil dark with the hound pack in full cry. 
 
 
Chorus< b>:   Ab         C  Eb  F  Bb          D  F  G     Cm 
     Have mercy        on  the criminal         who is running from the law. 
Ab       C     Eb    F     Bb                 D  F  G        Cm 
Are you blind       to the wind of change?         Don't you hear him anymore? 
Ab7      F  Eb       Ab   Ab7        Ab  G  Gb  Fm 
Praying Lord    you gotta help me.              I am never gonna sin again 
Cm   Cm         Bb          Ab7                   G7                      Cm  G7 
Just take these chains from round my legs.  Sweet Jesus I'll be your friend. 
 
 
 
             Cm            G7 B 
Now have you ever seen the white teeth gleam   
                Cm Bb             Fm Ab 
     while you lie on a cold damp ground? 
                               Cm G 
You're taking in the face of a rifle butt 
               Cm               G               G B Eb Bb G B 
     while the wardens hold you down. 
           Cm           G7 B                     Eb Bb               Fm Ab 
And you've never seen a friend in years.  Oh, it turns your heart to stone. 
                           Cm G 
You jump the walls and the dogs run free, 
             Cm                    G     D  G  D G    F  D  B 
     and the grave's gonna be your home. 
 
 
{Repeat Chorus< b>}