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Have Mercy - The Ancient West
The song opens with the one guitar picking a pattern.
The other guitar doesn't start playing till the third
line of the verse.
This is the case for all of the verses, except for the
last one, where the rhythm guitar plays nothing
Verse 1
N.C.
It's been weeks since I've seen a real smile
Oh I know I won't see it for awhile
DI've counted inches from your yard to my door
DAnd I want nothing more than to know for sure
F#mIt's been weeks since I've had a good thought
F#mI'm telling secrets about the lies that you bought
DYou used to love to hear me sing
DAnd we would talk about everything
EIt was beDautiful to me
Chorus 1
A
F#mI don't want to be him anymoreD  
DI don't want to be him anyF#mmore
Verse 2
N.C.
Maybe I'll hear your voice in a crowded room
Picture us one day a bride and a groom
DI'll walk in and I bet he will too
DDoes he feel the way I felt about you?
F#mI muttered something quiet under my breath
F#mThen he quickly grabbed his coat and his chest
DI don't know how much time is left
DSo hang your head and pray for the best
F#mHang your head and pray for the best
N.C.
Hang your head and pray for the best
Chorus 2
A
F#mI don't want to be him anymore
DSo keep me up and tell me every fear
DWhen you were young and the days passed like years
F#mBetween the booze and the "remember whens"
F#mI'm telling all the same stories again
Verse 3
N.C.
You pray to him he is a god to you
But does he hold your head and hear your blues?
I won't be the one who makes you choose
And give up everything that you can't lose
Old notions from the ancient west
They hang your head and pray for the best
So hang your head and pray for the best
Hang your head and pray for the best
Ending 
 F#m   Dx4
F#mHang your head and pray for the best
F#mHang your head and pray for the best
DHang your head and pray for the best
(D0
Hang your head and pray for the best
F#m

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The Ancient West

by Have Mercy

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F#m

Have Mercy - The Ancient West

The song opens with the one guitar picking a pattern.

The other guitar doesn't start playing till the third

line of the verse.

This is the case for all of the verses, except for the

last one, where the rhythm guitar plays nothing

Verse 1

N.C.

It's been weeks since I've seen a real smile

Oh I know I won't see it for awhile

I've counted inches from your yard to my door

And I want nothing more than to know for sure

F#m

It's been weeks since I've had a good thought

F#m

I'm telling secrets about the lies that you bought

You used to love to hear me sing

And we would talk about everything

E D

It was beautiful to me

Chorus 1

F#m D

I don't want to be him anymore

D F#m

I don't want to be him anymore

Verse 2

N.C.

Maybe I'll hear your voice in a crowded room

Picture us one day a bride and a groom

I'll walk in and I bet he will too

Does he feel the way I felt about you?

F#m

I muttered something quiet under my breath

F#m

Then he quickly grabbed his coat and his chest

I don't know how much time is left

So hang your head and pray for the best

F#m

Hang your head and pray for the best

N.C.

Hang your head and pray for the best

Chorus 2

F#m

I don't want to be him anymore

So keep me up and tell me every fear

When you were young and the days passed like years

F#m

Between the booze and the "remember whens"

F#m

I'm telling all the same stories again

Verse 3

N.C.

You pray to him he is a god to you

But does he hold your head and hear your blues?

I won't be the one who makes you choose

And give up everything that you can't lose

Old notions from the ancient west

They hang your head and pray for the best

So hang your head and pray for the best

Hang your head and pray for the best

Ending

F#m D

F#m

Hang your head and pray for the best

F#m

Hang your head and pray for the best

(D0

Hang your head and pray for the best

F#m

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