{"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":63965,"song":"Mercury","artist":"Counting Crows","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/63965-mercury-chords-by-counting-crows/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/63965?type=chord","rating":4.69598,"votes":19,"content":"#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------#\r\n#This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the #\r\n#song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. #\r\n#------------------------------------------------------------------------------##\r\n#\r\n\r\nDate: Tue, 19 Nov 1996 20:00:10 -0800\r\nFrom: \"Michael A. Mazur\" <mmazur@WPI.EDU>\r\nSubject: TAB: Counting Crows, \"Mercury\"\r\n\r\nTab: \"Mercury\" Counting Crows\r\nTranscribed by Michael A. Mazur (mmazur@wpi.edu)\r\n\r\n[tab]Guitar 1 is an acoustic, tuned to open [ch]Eb[/ch] ([ch]Eb[/ch] [ch]Bb[/ch] [ch]Eb[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Bb[/ch] [ch]Eb[/ch])\r\nGuitar 2 is a mandolin, tuned down 1/2 step (Gb Db Ab Eb)[/tab]\r\n\r\nNote: Watch the time signature here. The main riff is in 14/8, which\r\nI think of as a measure of 6 followed by a measure of 8 (as\r\nI indicate below). But, the rest of the song is in 8/8, and the\r\nshifts from 14/8 to 8/8 and back again are subtle.\r\n\r\nIntro and main riff:\r\n\r\n[tab]|  |-----0-----------|----0--------------|\r\n|  |--------0--2/3\\2-|-------0-----0-----|\r\n|14|-----------2/3\\2-|-0--------------0--| Guitar 1 (all of guitar 1\r\n| 8|-----------2/3\\2-|-0-----------------| is played with a slide)\r\n|  |-----------2/3\\2-|-0-----------------|\r\n|  |--0--------------|-0--------0--------|\r\n    (6/8)             (8/8)[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]Verse: (guitar 1 plays main riff over Eb)\r\n| |/5--------5--------|\r\n| |/5--5-----5--------|\r\n|8|/5-----5--5--5-----| Guitar 1 plays this for the Ab chord\r\n|8|/5--------5-----5--| (note the change to 8/8)\r\n| |/5--------5--------|\r\n| |/5--------5--------|[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Eb[/ch]\r\nShe is trapped inside a month of grey[/tab]\r\nAnd they take a little every day\r\n[tab]         [ch]Ab[/ch]\r\nShe is a victim of her own responses[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                  [ch]Eb[/ch]\r\nShackled to a heart that wants to settle[/tab]\r\nAnd the runs away\r\n\r\n[tab]Chorus:\r\n   [ch]Bb[/ch]                  [ch]Ab[/ch]\r\n| |/7--------7--------|/5--------5--------|\r\n| |/7--7-----7--------|/5--5-----5--------|\r\n|8|/7-----7--7--7-----|/5-----5--5--5-----| Guitar 1\r\n|8|/7--------7-----7--|/5--------5-----5--| (again in 8/8)\r\n| |/7--------7--------|/5--------5--------|\r\n| |/7--------7--------|/5--------5--------|[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]       [ch]Bb[/ch]               [ch]Ab[/ch]\r\nIt's a sin to be fading endlessly[/tab]\r\n                  Eb (guitar 1 plays main riff)\r\nYeah, but she's alright with me\r\n\r\nShe is leaving on a walkaway\r\nShe is leaving me in disarray\r\nIn the absence of a place to be\r\nShe stands there looking back at me\r\nHesitates, and then turns away\r\nShe'll change so suddenly\r\nShe's just like mercury\r\nYeah, but she's alright with me\r\n\r\n[tab]Bridge:\r\n|/12--|\r\n|/12--|\r\n|/12--| Guitar 1 plays this at the end of the chorus, and then\r\n|/12--| plays the main riff over the bridge\r\n|/12--|\r\n|/12--|[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]|------------------------------|\r\n|--7--7--7--7--9--9b(10)r9--9--| Guitar 2 (trem. picked)\r\n|------------------------------|\r\n|------------------------------|[/tab]\r\n\r\n(Guitar 1 plays last 8/14 of main riff once)\r\n\r\nKeep some sorrow in your\r\nhearts and minds\r\nFor the things that die before their time\r\nFor the restlessly abandoned homes\r\nThe tired and weary rambler's bones\r\nAnd stay beside me where I lie\r\nShe's entwined in me\r\nCrazy as can be\r\nYeah, but she's alright with me","plain_text":"#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------#\n#This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the #\n#song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. #\n#------------------------------------------------------------------------------##\n#\n\nDate: Tue, 19 Nov 1996 20:00:10 -0800\nFrom: \"Michael A. Mazur\" \nSubject: TAB: Counting Crows, \"Mercury\"\n\nTab: \"Mercury\" Counting Crows\nTranscribed by Michael A. Mazur (mmazur@wpi.edu)\n\n\n\nNote: Watch the time signature here. The main riff is in 14/8, which\nI think of as a measure of 6 followed by a measure of 8 (as\nI indicate below). But, the rest of the song is in 8/8, and the\nshifts from 14/8 to 8/8 and back again are subtle.\n\nIntro and main riff:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAnd they take a little every day\n\n\nAnd the runs away\n\n\n\n\n                  Eb (guitar 1 plays main riff)\nYeah, but she's alright with me\n\nShe is leaving on a walkaway\nShe is leaving me in disarray\nIn the absence of a place to be\nShe stands there looking back at me\nHesitates, and then turns away\nShe'll change so suddenly\nShe's just like mercury\nYeah, but she's alright with me\n\n\n\n\n\n(Guitar 1 plays last 8/14 of main riff once)\n\nKeep some sorrow in your\nhearts and minds\nFor the things that die before their time\nFor the restlessly abandoned homes\nThe tired and weary rambler's bones\nAnd stay beside me where I lie\nShe's entwined in me\nCrazy as can be\nYeah, but she's alright with me","chords":["A","Eb","Bb","G","Gb","Db","Ab"],"chord_diagrams":{"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}