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Mercedes

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Gmajor

90BPM

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1/7

Tempo 80 BPMVol

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Position

Step 1 / 7Position: 5

1 index2 middle3 ring4 pinkyO openSpace = play/pause

If you watch a video, you'll see some differences in the chords, but the sound 
Chords used :
            AmEmadd9         C     Cadd9         G         D  Dsus4  
e|----5-------2-------0-------0-------3-------2-------3----|
B|----5-------0-------1-------3-------3-------3-------3----|
G|----5-------0-------0-------0-------0-------2-------2----|
D|----7-------2-------2-------2-------0-------0-------0----|
A|----7-------2-------3-------3-------2--------------------|
E|----5-------0-----------------------3--------------------|
The Am sounds better this way than a usual 012200
     AmEmadd9     C/Cadd9/     C(x4)
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                 AmEmadd9         C/Cadd9/C  
I been next to you for a lifetime
                  AmEmadd9         C/Cadd9/C  
I been watching you from the start
                        AmEmadd9            C/Cadd9/C  
Always trying to keep yourself put together
                AmEmadd9     C/Cadd9/C  
Always needing to fall apart
     AmEmadd9     C/Cadd9/     C(x1)
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                AmEmadd9      C/Cadd9/C  
You wanna ride in my Mercedes
                     AmEmadd9                  C/Cadd9/C  
Tonight we'll dance outside along the seashore
                            AmEmadd9                   C/Cadd9/C  
A quarter moon will paint our shadows on the cold sand
                                        AmEmadd9              C/Cadd9/C  
You ask me how come we dance?  Well there is no reason at all
     AmEmadd9     C/Cadd9/     C(x3)
     Am        Cadd9          G  D/       Dsus4(x1)
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                   Am                Cadd9       G  D/Dsus4  
I hope that you will burn down this old house
                         Am                          Cadd9       G  D/Dsus4  
And I hope that you will escape right through the front door
                                 Am                  Cadd9             G  D/Dsus4  
Turn around when you're safe   And talk about what they done to you
                                 Am                          Cadd9          G  D/Dsus4  
Turn around when you're safe   And watch this house burn to the ground
                       Am            Cadd9                      G  D/Dsus4  
I know you, and you will rise, When you talk about what they done*
                       Am            Cadd9                            G  D/Dsus4  
I know you, and you will rise, When you watch yourself burn to the ground*
                       Am            Cadd9                      G  D/Dsus4  
I know you, and you will rise, When you talk about what they done*
                       Am         Cadd9          G  D/Dsus4  
I know you, and you will rise*
                AmEmadd9      C/Cadd9/C  
You wanna ride in my Mercedes
              AmEmadd9                C/Cadd9/C  
Everyday we are closer to fallin away*
                       Am            Cadd9                      G  D/Dsus4  
I know you, and you will rise, When you talk about what they done
                       Am            Cadd9                            G  D/Dsus4  
I know you, and you will rise, When you watch yourself burn to the ground
                       Am            Cadd9                      G  D/Dsus4  
I know you, and you will rise, When you talk about what they done
I know Amyou, and you will Cadd9rise*G  

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Mercedes

by Joseph Arthur

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

Cadd9

Dsus4

If you watch a video, you'll see some differences in the chords, but the sound

Chords used :

Am C Cadd9 G D Dsus4

Emadd9

e|----5-------2-------0-------0-------3-------2-------3----|

B|----5-------0-------1-------3-------3-------3-------3----|

G|----5-------0-------0-------0-------0-------2-------2----|

D|----7-------2-------2-------2-------0-------0-------0----|

A|----7-------2-------3-------3-------2--------------------|

E|----5-------0-----------------------3--------------------|

The Am sounds better this way than a usual 012200

Am C Cadd9 C

Emadd9 // (x4)

Am C Cadd9 C

Emadd9 //

I been next to you for a lifetime

Am C Cadd9 C

Emadd9 //

I been watching you from the start

Am C Cadd9 C

Emadd9 //

Always trying to keep yourself put together

Am C Cadd9 C

Emadd9 //

Always needing to fall apart

Am C Cadd9 C

Emadd9 // (x1)

Am C Cadd9 C

Emadd9 //

You wanna ride in my Mercedes

Am C Cadd9 C

Emadd9 //

Tonight we'll dance outside along the seashore

Am C Cadd9 C

Emadd9 //

A quarter moon will paint our shadows on the cold sand

Am C Cadd9 C

Emadd9 //

You ask me how come we dance? Well there is no reason at all

Am C Cadd9 C

Emadd9 // (x3)

Am Cadd9 G D Dsus4

/ (x1)

Am Cadd9 G D Dsus4

I hope that you will burn down this old house

Am Cadd9 G D Dsus4

And I hope that you will escape right through the front door

Am Cadd9 G D Dsus4

Turn around when you're safe And talk about what they done to you

Am Cadd9 G D Dsus4

Turn around when you're safe And watch this house burn to the ground

Am Cadd9 G D Dsus4

I know you, and you will rise, When you talk about what they done*

Am Cadd9 G D Dsus4

I know you, and you will rise, When you watch yourself burn to the ground*

Am Cadd9 G D Dsus4

I know you, and you will rise, When you talk about what they done*

Am Cadd9 G D Dsus4

I know you, and you will rise*

Am C Cadd9 C

Emadd9 //

You wanna ride in my Mercedes

Am C Cadd9 C

Emadd9 //

Everyday we are closer to fallin away*

Am Cadd9 G D Dsus4

I know you, and you will rise, When you talk about what they done

Am Cadd9 G D Dsus4

I know you, and you will rise, When you watch yourself burn to the ground

Am Cadd9 G D Dsus4

I know you, and you will rise, When you talk about what they done

Am Cadd9 G

I know you, and you will rise*

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