Let Him Dangle 创作者：
Elvis Costello

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调：E minor

Verse 1
Em Em 
 
Bentley said to Craig "Let
him have it Chris"
C C 
 
They still don`t know today just
B B 
 
what he meant by this
Em Em 
 
Craig fired the pistol,
but was too young to swing
C C 
 
So the police took Bentley
B B 
 
and the very next thing
Em Em 
 
Let him dangle
C C 
 
G G 
 
C C 
 
B B 
 
G G 
 
Em Em 
 
Let him dangle
B B 
 
C C 
 
G G 
 
B B 
 
G G 
 
B B 
 

Verse 2
Em Em 
 
Bentley had surrendered,
he was under arrest,
C C 
 
When he gave Chris Craig
Bm Bm 
 
that fatal request
Em Em 
 
Craig shot Sidney Miles,
he took Bentley`s word
C C 
 
The prosecution claimed as they
Bm Bm 
 
G G 
 
charged them with murder
Em Em 
 
Let him dangle
C C 
 
D D 
 
C C 
 
B B 
 
G G 
 
Let him dangle

Interlude 1

Verse 3
Em Em 
 
They say Derek Bentley was easily led
G G 
 
C C 
 
Well what`s that to the woman
B B 
 
Bm Bm 
 
that Sidney Miles wed
G G 
 
Em Em 
 
Though guilty was the verdict,
and Craig had shot him dead
C C 
 
The gallows were for Bentley
B B 
 
Bm Bm 
 
G G 
 
and still she never  said
Em Em 
 
Let him dangle
C C 
 
G G 
 
D D 
 
Bm Bm 
 
B B 
 
Em Em 
 
Let him
dangle
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Em Em 
 
C C 
 

Verse 4
B B 
 
G G 
 
D D 
 
Well it`s hard to imagine it`s the
Am Am 
 
times that have changed
G G 
 
When there`s a murder in the kitchen
D D 
 
that is brutal and strange
G G 
 
D D 
 
Am Am 
 
If killing anybody is a terrible crime
C C 
 
D D 
 
Why does this bloodthirsty chorus
B B 
 
Em Em 
 
come round from time to time
Let him dangle
C C 
 
G G 
 
C C 
 
B B 
 
Am Am 
 
G G 
 
D D 
 

Verse 5
Em Em 
 
B B 
 
Em Em 
 
Not many people thought that
Bentley would hang
C C 
 
But the word never came,
B B 
 
the phone never rang
Em Em 
 
Outside Wandsworth Prison
there was horror and hate
C C 
 
As the hangman shook Bentley`s hand
Bm Bm 
 
Am Am 
 
G G 
 
to calculate his weight
Em Em 
 
C C 
 
B B 
 
G G 
 
Let him
Em Em 
 
dangle

Interlude 2

From

Verse 6
Em Em 
 
C C 
 
Am Am 
 
G G 
 
D D 
 
Em Em 
 
C C 
 
G G 
 
C C 
 
G G 
 
a
Em Em 
 
welfare state to society murder
C C 
 
Bring "back the noose" is
B B 
 
al ways heard
Em Em 
 
B B 
 
Em Em 
 
Whenever those swine are under attack
C C 
 
But it won`t make you even
B B 
 
G G 
 
Em Em 
 
It won`t bring him back

Verse 7

Let him dangle

(String him up)

Outro 1
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