{"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":1936039,"song":"For Mercy","artist":"The Ballroom Thieves","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11432967-for-mercy-chords-by-the-ballroom-thieves/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1936039?type=chord","rating":4.40433,"votes":4,"content":"This song is tuned a whole step down. He plays the B7 how I show below but you can either mute the last\r\nstring, play it open, use the second fret, or just don't strum it at all. Pretty sure he's not using the \r\nlast string though.\r\nAnyway if you don't want to tune down a whole step, the best alternative I've found is to transpose the tab\r\n7 half-steps down and put capo on 5 (song is in key of F) or however you see fit.\r\nEnjoy.\r\n\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]C7[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]B7[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nd|-0---0---3-------0--|\r\nA|-1---1---0---0---0--|\r\nF|-0---3---0---2---0--|\r\nC|-2---2---0---1---2--|\r\nG|-3---3---2---2---2--|\r\nD|---------3-------0--|[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][Intro]\r\n[ch]C[/ch]               [ch]C7[/ch]                                          \r\n1 - 2 - 3 - 4   1 - 2 - 3 - 4  [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]       [ch]B7[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch]       \r\n1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6  (x4)[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]   [ch]B7[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]B7[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n          Darlin don't go[/tab]\r\n[tab]                        [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]B7[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nDon't leave me out here  on my own[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]C[/ch]                               [ch]C7[/ch]                        \r\nI'm in the space between the spaces and it ain't what I was made [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]   [ch]B7[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch]                         [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]B7[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nfor,       I think by now I should know[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]                             [ch]C7[/ch]\r\nAs if it made me more a man if I could stand the wasted gamble of our [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]    [ch]B7[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]B7[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]  \r\ndays[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThey say places to hunt just like places to hide, but getting harder to keep and still harder to find[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]B7[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]B7[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]B7[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]B7[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nSo don't leave me[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]B7[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]B7[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]B7[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nI'm roaring for mercy,                   Or is it lenience[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]                   [ch]C7[/ch]\r\nOr to bury the moments we won't be the host [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]   [ch]B7[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]B7[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]  \r\nfor,       carve our names in the sto-one[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]                       [ch]C7[/ch]                         [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]B7[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]B7[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd then leave me believe in the faith I won't find on the, road[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]                        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nNow if I said I'd be the one to hold you in my arms and that I [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                 [ch]C7[/ch]                      [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]B7[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]B7[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nnever saw the day where you would leave me behind I'd be, lying[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][Instrumental]\r\n[ch]G[/ch]       [ch]B7[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]       \r\n1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6  (x4)[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Bridge]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]                                                 [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]B7[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]B7[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd maybe we'd make this a brook too broad for leaping[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]                                                  [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]B7[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]B7[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nOr maybe I've made myself too difficult to believe in[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]                                        [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]B7[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]B7[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd love has her ways, love has her terrible ways[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][Outro]\r\n[ch]G[/ch]       [ch]B7[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch]       \r\n1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6  (x2) [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]               [ch]C7[/ch]\r\n1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7 - 8[/tab]","plain_text":"This song is tuned a whole step down. He plays the B7 how I show below but you can either mute the last\nstring, play it open, use the second fret, or just don't strum it at all. Pretty sure he's not using the \nlast string though.\nAnyway if you don't want to tune down a whole step, the best alternative I've found is to transpose the tab\n7 half-steps down and put capo on 5 (song is in key of F) or however you see fit.\nEnjoy.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Bridge]","chords":["B7","F","C","C7","G","Em","A","D"],"chord_diagrams":{"B7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,1,3,0,4],"frets":[-1,2,1,2,0,2]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"C7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,4,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,3,1,0]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}