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Verse: e:--------------|     e:-------------------------------|
       b:--------------|     b:-------------------------------|
       g:--------------|     g:-------------------------------|
       d:--------------| x4  d:-------------------------------|
       a:--------------|     a:----777-777--------------------|
       E:555-7-7-------|     E:555---------55-555-7-7-555-7-7-|
 I want a real love to let me in
I want to zero out and be born again
no more false starts and no dead ends
'cause I'm no shape do to what's right
I see up as down and black as white
it makes me dizzy I come apart
all this love love love in the dark
Chorus:
GMercy Dmercy Aboth hands
I Gneed less Ddrowning and Amore Bmland
GMercy Dmercy, AunderstaBmnd
Gless Ddrowning, Amore lBmand, Gless DdrowningA  
Verse:
They have fire in the crowd just to watch you move
they tie your hands then demand a salute
all this garden's full of snakes and fruit
Its in the click click click of the camera flash its in the definite kicking
of the flame bomb blast
but they don't call and they don't last
and you're gone
outshined
Chorus:
GMercy Dmercy Aboth hands
I Gneed less Ddrowning and Amore Bmland
GMercy Dmercy, AunderstaBmnd
Gless Ddrowning, Amore lBmand, Gless DdrowningA  
Bridge:
EmCome on kill the lDight
Gleave it all behAind
EmI'm right by your, DI'm right by your sGideA  
EmIgnore the tick of tDime
Gput your hand in in mAine
Emwatch it all, Dwatch it all ignGiteA  
Chorus:
GMercy Dmercy Aboth hands
I Gneed less Ddrowning and Amore Bmland
GMercy Dmercy, AunderstaBmnd
Gless Ddrowning, Amore lBmand, Gless DdrowningA  
GMercy Dmercy, I'm Ain your hands
I Glook into your Deyes and I Asee that I Bmcan
GMercy Dmercy, Aunderstand
G      D        A    Bm   G    D
less dArowningBm, more land, less drowning, more land

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Mercy

by Matt Nathanson

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

Standard!

Verse: e:--------------| e:-------------------------------|

b:--------------| b:-------------------------------|

g:--------------| g:-------------------------------|

d:--------------| x4 d:-------------------------------|

a:--------------| a:----777-777--------------------|

E:555-7-7-------| E:555---------55-555-7-7-555-7-7-|

I want a real love to let me in

I want to zero out and be born again

no more false starts and no dead ends

'cause I'm no shape do to what's right

I see up as down and black as white

it makes me dizzy I come apart

all this love love love in the dark

Chorus:

G D A

Mercy mercy both hands

G D A Bm

I need less drowning and more land

G D A Bm

Mercy mercy, understand

G D A Bm G D A

less drowning, more land, less drowning

Verse:

They have fire in the crowd just to watch you move

they tie your hands then demand a salute

all this garden's full of snakes and fruit

Its in the click click click of the camera flash its in the definite kicking

of the flame bomb blast

but they don't call and they don't last

and you're gone

outshined

Chorus:

G D A

Mercy mercy both hands

G D A Bm

I need less drowning and more land

G D A Bm

Mercy mercy, understand

G D A Bm G D A

less drowning, more land, less drowning

Bridge:

Em D

Come on kill the light

G A

leave it all behind

Em D G A

I'm right by your, I'm right by your side

Em D

Ignore the tick of time

G A

put your hand in in mine

Em D G A

watch it all, watch it all ignite

Chorus:

G D A

Mercy mercy both hands

G D A Bm

I need less drowning and more land

G D A Bm

Mercy mercy, understand

G D A Bm G D A

less drowning, more land, less drowning

G D A

Mercy mercy, I'm in your hands

G D A Bm

I look into your eyes and I see that I can

G D A

Mercy mercy, understand

G D A Bm G D

A Bm

less drowning, more land, less drowning, more land

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