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 can 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                F7
Save me from these evil deeds.
Am                F7
Before I get them done.

Am                F7
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-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
So I'm beggin' you before it ends
F7                           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             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.
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.


[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.

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