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Let Him Dangle - Elvis Costello (D. MacManus)
EmBentley said to Craig let him have it Chris
CThey still don't know today just B7what he meant by this
EmCraig fired the pistol but was too young to swing
so the pColice to Bentley in the B7very next thing
Chorus:
Let him danEmgle let him dangle CDo do do do do B7do do do do
Bentley had surrendered, he was under arrest
when he gave Chris Craigs that fatal request
Craig shot Sidney Miles, he took Bentley's word
the prosecution claimed as they charged him with murder...
Bridge
Well its Ghard to imaDgine its the Am7times that have changed
when theres a Gmurder in the kitchen that is brutal and strangeD  
If Gkilling anybDody is a teAm7rrible crime why does this Dblood thirsty chorus
come B7round from time to time   EmLet him dangle  Cdo do do do do  B7do do do do
They said Derek Bentley was easily led
well whats that to the women that sidney miles wed
though guilty was the verdict and craig had shot him dead
the gallows were for bentley and still she never said...
Not many people thought that bentley would hang
but the word never came the phone never rang
outside wandsworth prison there was horror and hate
as the hangman shook bentleys hand to calculate his weight....
From a welfare state to society murder
bring back the noose is always heard
whenever thos swine are under attack
but it wont make you even it wont bring him back...
Em     C  B7

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Let Him Dangle

by Elvis Costello

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Let Him Dangle - Elvis Costello (D. MacManus)

Bentley said to Craig let him have it Chris

C B7

They still don't know today just what he meant by this

Craig fired the pistol but was too young to swing

C B7

so the police to Bentley in the very next thing

Chorus:

Em C B7

Let him dangle let him dangle Do do do do do do do do do

Bentley had surrendered, he was under arrest

when he gave Chris Craigs that fatal request

Craig shot Sidney Miles, he took Bentley's word

the prosecution claimed as they charged him with murder...

Bridge

G D Am7

Well its hard to imagine its the times that have changed

G D

when theres a murder in the kitchen that is brutal and strange

G D Am7 D

If killing anybody is a terrible crime why does this blood thirsty chorus

B7 Em C B7

come round from time to time Let him dangle do do do do do do do do do

They said Derek Bentley was easily led

well whats that to the women that sidney miles wed

though guilty was the verdict and craig had shot him dead

the gallows were for bentley and still she never said...

Not many people thought that bentley would hang

but the word never came the phone never rang

outside wandsworth prison there was horror and hate

as the hangman shook bentleys hand to calculate his weight....

From a welfare state to society murder

bring back the noose is always heard

whenever thos swine are under attack

but it wont make you even it wont bring him back...

Em C B7

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