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Have Mercy

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Standard tuning
just use a reggae beat, its basically the same repeating chord pattern the entire song.
chords from performance on 10/20/10 in Utica, NY
*performance from live phish 7 is all the chords down a full step ( D   A   G   D  A)
Intro:  E   B   A   E  B  
Verse:  E   B   A   E  B  
Chorus:  E   B   A   E  B  
Have mercy on a good man, and help him we pray Jah man.
Have mercy on a good girl, and help her we pray Jah man.
Man was made to suffer, yeah, and women were made to feel the pain.
Stay by our side and guide us we pray Jah man.
Give us all your blessing, and help us we pray Jah man.
Have mercy on a good man, and help him we pray Jah man.
Have mercy on a good girl, and help her we pray Jah man.

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Have Mercy

by Phish

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

Standard tuning

just use a reggae beat, its basically the same repeating chord pattern the entire song.

chords from performance on 10/20/10 in Utica, NY

D A G D A

*performance from live phish 7 is all the chords down a full step ( )

E B A E B

Intro:

E B A E B

Verse:

E B A E B

Chorus:

Have mercy on a good man, and help him we pray Jah man.

Have mercy on a good girl, and help her we pray Jah man.

Man was made to suffer, yeah, and women were made to feel the pain.

Stay by our side and guide us we pray Jah man.

Give us all your blessing, and help us we pray Jah man.

Have mercy on a good man, and help him we pray Jah man.

Have mercy on a good girl, and help her we pray Jah man.

About Have Mercy Chords by Phish

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