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Criminal - Eminem
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Tuning: Standard
On the internet I`ve seen many wrong chord progressions on the song, so I here`s the correct one.
I`ve always seen Em C#m C Em , which is basically true, but it`s not a C#m, but a C#dim.
It`s because of the high g, which is repeated in every chord.
So I play the rhythm like:
Em C#dim C Em
e|---------------------3-------3-------3-------3-------------------|
B|-----8-------8-------5-------5-------5-------5-------8-------8---|
G|-----9-------9-------6-------6-------5-------5-------9-------9---|
D|-----9-------9---------------------------------------9-------9---|
A|-7-------7-7-----4-------4-4-----3-------3-3-----7-------7-7-----|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
I rated it intermediate, because C#dim is quite difficult to get on so fast :)
Eminem
A lot of people ask me.. stupid fucking questions
A lot of people think that.. what I say on records
or what I talk about on a record, that I actually do in real life
or that I believe in it
Or if I say that, I wanna kill somebody, that..
I'm actually gonna do it
or that I believe in it
Well, shit.. if you believe that
then I'll kill you
You know why?
Cause I'm a
Em C#dim
CRIMINAL
C
CRIMINAL
Em
You god damn right
Em C#dim
I'm a CRIMINAL
C Em
Yeah, I'm a CRIMINAL
Eminem
Em
My words are like a dagger with a jagged edge
C#dim
That'll stab you in the head
whether you're a fag or lez
C
Or the homosex, hermaph or a trans-a-vest
Em
Pants or dress - hate fags? The answer's "yes"
Homophobic? Nah, you're just heterophobic
C#dim
Staring at my jeans, watching my genitals bulging (Ooh!)
C
That's my motherfucking balls, you'd better let go of em
Em
They belong in my scrotum, you'll never get hold of em
Hey, it's me, Versace
Whoops, somebody shot me!
C#dim
And I was just checking the mail
Get it? Checking the 'male'?
C
How many records you expecting to sell
Em
after your second LP sends you directly to jail?
C'mon!-- Relax guy, I like gay men
C#dim
Right, Ken? Give me an amen (AAA-men!)
C
Please Lord, this boy needs Jesus
Em
Heal this child, help us destroy these demons
Oh, and please send me a brand new car
C#dim
And a prostitute while my wife's sick in the hospital
C
Preacher preacher, fifth grade teacher
Em
You can't reach me, my mom can't neither
You can't teach me a goddamn thing cause
C#dim
I watch TV, and Comcast cable
C
and you ain't able to stop these thoughts
Em
You can't stop me from topping these charts
And you can't stop me from dropping each March
C#dim
with a brand new CD for these fucking retards
C
Duhhh, and to think, it's just little ol' me
Em
Mr. "Don't Give A Fuck," still won't leave
[Chorus: Eminem (repeat 2X)]
Em
I'm a CRIMINAL
C#dim
Cause every time I write a rhyme, these people think it's a crime
C
to tell em what's on my mind - I guess I'm a CRIMINAL
Em
but I don't gotta say a word, I just flip em the bird
and keep going, I don't take shit from no one
Eminem
Em
My mother did drugs - hard-liquor, cigarettes, and speed
C#dim
The baby came out - disfigured, ligaments indeed
C
It was a seed who would grow up just as crazy as she
Em
Don't dare make fun of that baby cause that baby was me
I'm a CRIMINAL - an animal caged who turned crazed
C#dim
But how the fuck you supposed to grow up when you weren't raised?
C
So as I got older and I got a lot taller
Em
My dick shrunk smaller, but my balls got larger
I drink more liquor to fuck you up quicker
C#dim
than you'd wanna fuck me up for saying the word ...
C
My morals went thhbbpp when the president got oral
Em
Sex in his Oval Office on top of his desk
Off of his own employee
Now don't ignore me, you won't avoid me
C#dim
You can't miss me, I'm white, blonde-haired
and my nose is pointy
C
I'm the bad guy who makes fun of people that die
Em
in plane crashes and laughs
As long as it ain't happened to him
Slim Shady, I'm as crazy as Em
C#dim
-inem and Kim combined - [*kch*] the maniac's in
C
Replacing the doctor cause Dre couldn't make it today
Em
He's a little under the weather, so I'm taking his place
(Mm-mm-mmm!) Oh, that's Dre with an AK to his face
C#dim
Don't make me kill him too and spray his brains all over the place
C
I told you Dre, you should've kept that thang put away
Em
I guess that'll teach you not to let me play with it, eh?
I'm a CRIMINAL
(Just play the chords while they interlude)
[Interlude Skit]
Aight look (uh huh) just go up in that motherfucker
get the motherfucking money and get the fuck up outta there
Eminem
Aight
I'll be right here waiting on you
Eminem
Aight
Yo Em
Eminem
What?!
Don't kill nobody this time
Eminem
Awwright... god damn, fuck...
(whistling) how you doin'?
[Teller] HI, how can I help you?
Eminem
Yeah I need to make a withdrawl
[Teller] Okay
Eminem
Put the fucking money in the bag bitch
and I won't kill you!
[Teller] What? Oh my god, don't kill me
Eminem
I'm not gonna kill you bitch, quit looking around...
[Teller] Don't kill me, please don't kill me...
Eminem
I said I'm not gonna fucking kill you
Hurry the fuck up! [*BOOM*] Thank you!
Eminem
Em
Windows tinted on my ride when I drive in it
C#dim
So when I rob a bank, run out and just dive in it
C
So I'll be disguised in it
Em
And if anybody identifies the guy in it
I'll hide for five minutes
Come back, shoot the eyewitness
C#dim
Fire at the private eye hired to pry in my business
C
Die, bitches, bastards, brats, pets
Em
This puppy's lucky I didn't blast his ass yet [*dog whines*]
If I ever gave a fuck, I'd shave my nuts
C#dim
tuck my dick in between my legs and cluck
C
You motherfucking chickens ain't brave enough
Em
to say the stuff I say, so just tape it shut [*tape unrolls*]
Shit, half the shit I say, I just make it up
C#dim
To make you mad so kiss my white naked ass
C
And if it's not a rapper that I make it as
Em
I'ma be a fucking rapist in a Jason mask
Chorus * 2
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Tuning: Standard On the internet I`ve seen many wrong chord progressions on the song, so I here`s the correct one. I`ve always seen Em C#m C Em , which is basically true, but it`s not a C#m, but a C#dim. It`s because of the high g, which is repeated in every chord. So I play the rhythm like: Em C#dim C Em I rated it intermediate, because C#dim is quite difficult to get on so fast :) [Eminem] A lot of people ask me.. stupid fucking questions A lot of people think that.. what I say on records or what I talk about on a record, that I actually do in real life or that I believe in it Or if I say that, I wanna kill somebody, that.. I'm actually gonna do it or that I believe in it Well, shit.. if you believe that then I'll kill you You know why? Cause I'm a [Eminem] whether you're a fag or lez Homophobic? Nah, you're just heterophobic Hey, it's me, Versace Whoops, somebody shot me! Get it? Checking the 'male'? C'mon!-- Relax guy, I like gay men Oh, and please send me a brand new car You can't teach me a goddamn thing cause And you can't stop me from dropping each March [Chorus: Eminem (repeat 2X)] and keep going, I don't take shit from no one [Eminem] I'm a CRIMINAL - an animal caged who turned crazed I drink more liquor to fuck you up quicker Off of his own employee Now don't ignore me, you won't avoid me and my nose is pointy As long as it ain't happened to him Slim Shady, I'm as crazy as Em (Mm-mm-mmm!) Oh, that's Dre with an AK to his face I'm a CRIMINAL (Just play the chords while they interlude) [Interlude Skit] Aight look (uh huh) just go up in that motherfucker get the motherfucking money and get the fuck up outta there [Eminem] Aight I'll be right here waiting on you [Eminem] Aight
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