Verse 1:
Am                  F7
  I've been a bad, bad girl,
Am                          F7
  I've been careless with a delicate man.
Am                 F7
  And it's a sad, sad world,
Am
  When a girl will break a boy
F7
Just because she can.

Pre-chorus:
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                       Ab7
And I just don't know where I can begin.

Chorus:
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           F7
Because he was all I ever knew of love.

Verse 2:
Am                       F7
  Heaven help me for the way I am.
Am
Save me from these evil deeds.
  F7
Before I get them done.
Am                           F7
  I know tomorrow brings the consequence at hand.
    Am
But I keep livin' this day like
    F7
The next will never come.

Pre-chorus:
    C                  Bb           F7
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.
C           Bb                  Ab7
 I've got a lot to lose and I'm bettin' high
       G7            F7
So I'm beggin' you before it ends
                        Ab7
Just tell me where to begin.

Chorus:
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           F7
Because he was all I ever knew of love.

Bridge:
Eb           B7
    Let me know the way
Ab7                 B7
    Before there's hell to pay.
Eb            B7           Ab7
    Give me room to lay the law and let me go.
Eb                B7
    I've got to make a play
Ab7            B7
    To make my lover stay.
Eb                    B7
    So, what would an angel say?
    Ab7
The devil wants to know.

Chorus:
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've sinned against
               Ab7   G7           F7
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          F7                Cm7
Because he was all I ever knew of loooooooooooove. Love

Outro: F7 Cm7 F7 Cm7 F7 Cm7
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