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Criminal Under My Own Hat

T-bone Burnett
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From: Member2945@aol.com
Subject: CHD: T-Bone Burnett- "Criminal "
The following are the chords and lyrics for a song from one of my favorite
songwriters. Although the music is simple, the lyrics are profound.
"The Criminal Under My Own Hat" by T-Bone Burnett
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I've seen a lot of criminals
I've seen a lot of crimes
Doing a lot of evil deeds
Doing a lot of time
We speak of these men as aliens 
>From some forbidden race 
We speak of these men as animals 
We will lock in a cage 
INSTRUMENTAL (same alternating chords)
But there's one man I must arrest 
I must interrogate
One man that I must make confess 
Then rehabilitate
There is no other I can blame 
No other I can judge
No other I can cast in shame 
Then require blood
INSTRUMENTAL (same alternating chords)
Bridge:
I see him in the shadows down the hall
I see him in the plaster on the wall
There is no crime he cannot commit 
No murder too complex 
His heart is filled with larceny
And violence and sex 
His heart is filled with envy 
And revenge and greed 
His heart is filled with nothing
His heart is filled with need 
He' s capable of anything 
Of any vicious act 
This criminal is dangerous 
The criminal under my own hat. 

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