Let Him Dangle chords by Elvis Costello
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Verse 1
(E minor) Bentley said to Craig "Let
him have it Chris"
(C major) They still don`t know today just
(B major) what he meant by this
(E minor) Craig fired the pistol,
but was too young to swing
So the (C major) police took Bentley
and the (B major) very next thing
Let him dangle (E minor)
Let (C major) (G major) (C major) (B major) him (G major) (E minor) dangle
(B major) (C major) (G major) (B major) (G major)
(B major)
Verse 2
(E minor) Bentley had surrendered,
he was under arrest,
When (C major) he gave Chris Craig
that (B minor) fatal request
Craig (E minor) shot Sidney Miles,
he took Bentley`s word
The (C major) prosecution claimed as they
(B minor) charged them with murder (G major)
Let him dangle (E minor)
Let (C major) (D major) him (C major) (B major) (G major) dangle
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Interlude 1
(E minor) (C major) (D major) (B major) (G major) (B major)
Verse 3
(E minor) They say Derek Bentley was easily led
(G major) Well (C major) what`s that to the woman
that Sid (B major) ney Miles wed (B minor)
(G major) Though (E minor) guilty was the verdict,
and Craig had shot him dead
The (C major) gallows were for Bentley
and still (B major) she nev (B minor) er said (G major)
(E minor) Let him dangle
Let him (C major) (G major) (D major) (B minor) (B major) (E minor)
dangle
(D major) (E minor) (C major)
Verse 4
(B major) (G major)
Well it`s hard to (D major) imagine it`s the
(A minor) times that have changed
When there`s a (G major) murder in the kitchen
that is brutal and strange (D major)
(G major) If killing any (D major) body is a (A minor) terrible crime
Why (C major) does this (D major) bloodthirsty chorus
come (B major) round from time to time (E minor)
Let him dangle
(C major) (G major) (C major) (B major) (A minor) (G major) (D major)
Verse 5
(E minor) Not many (B major) people (E minor) thought that
Bentley would hang
But the (C major) word never came,
the (B major) phone never rang
Out (E minor) side Wandsworth Prison
there was horror and hate
As the (C major) hangman shook Bentley`s hand
to cal (B minor) culate (A minor) his weight (G major)
Let (E minor) (C major) him (B major) (G major)
(E minor) dangle
Interlude 2
(E minor) (C major) (D major) (B major) (G major) (B major)
(G major) (D major) (A minor) (G major) (D major)
(G major) (D major) (A minor) (D major) (B minor)
(B major) From
Verse 6
(E minor) (C major)
(A minor) (G major) (D major) (E minor) (C major) (G major) (C major) (G major)
a
(E minor) welfare state to society murder
(C major) Bring "back the noose" is
al (B major) ways heard
Whenever (E minor) those swine (B major) are under (E minor) attack
But it (C major) won`t make you even
It (B major) won`t bring him back (G major) (E minor)
Verse 7
Let (E minor) (C major) him (G major) (D major) (B minor) (A minor) (G major) dangle (E minor)
Let (C major) (G major) him (C major) (B major) (G major) (E minor) dangle
(C major) (String him up)
Outro 1
(B major) (A minor) (E minor) (C major)
(B major) (E minor) (B major) (E minor) (B minor)
(C major) (B minor) (G major) (E minor)
(C major) (G major) (C major) (E minor)
(C major) (B minor) (E minor)
Let Him Dangle
Elvis Costello
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