Let Him Dangle chords by
Elvis Costello
Elvis Costello

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Key: E minor
Verse 1
Em
Em

Bentley said to Craig "Let
him have it Chris"
C
C

They still don`t know today just
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B

what he meant by this
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Em

Craig fired the pistol,
but was too young to swing
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C

So the police took Bentley
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B

and the very next thing
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Let him dangle
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C

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Let him dangle
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G

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B

Verse 2
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Em

Bentley had surrendered,
he was under arrest,
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C

When he gave Chris Craig
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Bm

that fatal request
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Em

Craig shot Sidney Miles,
he took Bentley`s word
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C

The prosecution claimed as they
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Bm

G
G

charged them with murder
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Em

Let him dangle
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C

D
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C

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Let him dangle
Interlude 1
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D
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Verse 3
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They say Derek Bentley was easily led
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C

Well what`s that to the woman
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Bm
Bm

that Sidney Miles wed
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Em

Though guilty was the verdict,
and Craig had shot him dead
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The gallows were for Bentley
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Bm
Bm

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and still she never said
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Em

Let him dangle
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Bm
Bm

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Let him
dangle
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Verse 4
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Well it`s hard to imagine it`s the
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times that have changed
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When there`s a murder in the kitchen
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that is brutal and strange
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If killing anybody is a terrible crime
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Why does this bloodthirsty chorus
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come round from time to time
Let him dangle
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Verse 5
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Not many people thought that
Bentley would hang
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But the word never came,
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the phone never rang
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Outside Wandsworth Prison
there was horror and hate
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As the hangman shook Bentley`s hand
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Bm

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Am

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to calculate his weight
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Let him
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Em

dangle
Interlude 2
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Bm
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From
Verse 6
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a
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welfare state to society murder
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Bring "back the noose" is
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al ways heard
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Whenever those swine are under attack
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But it won`t make you even
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It won`t bring him back
Verse 7
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Bm
Bm

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Let him dangle
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Let him dangle
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(String him up)
Outro 1
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Bm
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Bm
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