{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1731137,"song":"Good God Have Mercy","artist":"Roy Buchanan","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11369566-good-god-have-mercy-chords-by-roy-buchanan/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1731137?type=chord","rating":0.19777,"votes":0,"content":"In this song cord transitions precede each phrase by 1 bar; this is shown by the indented lyrics.\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]E7[/ch]\r\n[Intro][/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]E7[/ch]\r\n   Down in South Carolina, in the piney woods[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]E7[/ch]\r\n   Where they make sweet turpentine[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\n   There I first saw the light of day[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]E7[/ch]\r\n   Landin' on my mind[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\n   Runnin' in the sunshine laughing[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]E7[/ch]\r\n   Rollin' in the red dirt crying[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]E7[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]\r\n   I said mmmm mmmm[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]E7[/ch]\r\n   Good God have mercy[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]E7[/ch]\r\n   Cannery warehouse baby, I went to school[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]E7[/ch]\r\n   I eat lunch from the cans of our store[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\n   Heatin' them up on a pot-bellied stove[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]E7[/ch]\r\n   I used to keep out in the cold[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\n   Sittin' around, you know, just tellin' lies about uh[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]E7[/ch]\r\n   What I'd be when I grew old[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]E7[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]\r\n   I said mmmm mmmm[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]E7[/ch]\r\n   Good God have mercy[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]E7[/ch]\r\n   Trestle track, now mama[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]E7[/ch]\r\n   Where the BNN used to haul[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\n   Freight train caught daddy one day[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]E7[/ch]\r\n   He took a long, long fall[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\n   I'd only been taught to think on life[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]E7[/ch]\r\n   Never thought on death at all[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]E7[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]\r\n   I said mmmm mmmm[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]E7[/ch]\r\n   Good God have mercy[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Solo]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]E7[/ch]\r\n   Now every Sunday after church[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]E7[/ch]\r\n   There'd be a meeting on the ground[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\n   Some good soul she would always say[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]E7[/ch]\r\n   It's a shame about Frieda Brown[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\n   Mama and the ladies they formed a society[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]E7[/ch]\r\n   They run Frieda out of town[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]E7[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]\r\n   I said mmmm mmmm[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]E7[/ch]\r\n   Good God have mercy[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]E7[/ch]\r\n   Daddy's on the main line, mama wants him home[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]E7[/ch]\r\n   Daddy's on the main line, the kids all need him home[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]E7[/ch]\r\n   Good God have mercy[/tab]","plain_text":"In this song cord transitions precede each phrase by 1 bar; this is shown by the indented lyrics.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Solo]","chords":["E7","A","C","D"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"E7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,0,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,0,1,0,0]}}}