Lord Have Mercy On My Soul Chords by Black Oak Arkansas

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_ _ _ _ _ [A] _ Now there's something [E] I'd like to talk to you about at this [B] particular [G] moment, _ and [D] that's
about the one thing that we won't be [A] able to do _ together [E] unless we all become as [G] one.
_ [D] And if we all become as one, then we can walk [A] through it together. _
Now [E] I ain't walked through it all the way yet, but [G] there was a time I walked [D] into it
and I had to go into it alone.
_ [A] That's this place called the [E] Halls of Karma.
_ _ Now when [G] you go into the [D] Halls of Karma the way I did, I don't know, it might have been
_ [A] hallucination, but [E] I think it was real.
_ See [G] I felt the presence [D] of the two energies, positive and the negative, [A] or God and the
devil, _
[E] however you want it.
_ [G] And they was pulling and [D] deciding and wondering what to do with my soul.
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Now [E] I couldn't take this at this moment because I had to come back to be [G] with you people,
[D] to do a thing, and I proved to them in [A] bargaining with them that I had a thing to do [E] for the
good of all of us.
_ [G] Out of this bargain the devil, [D] he got my body [A] for the good in his needs [E] while I'm here on
earth, [G] and the Lord he's got my [D] mind for the good of the universe [A] and for the good of man.
[E] And they both, [F#] they got me in [G] between because [D] they both got my soul.
So the next time I [A] come up, I want [E] the Lord to please have _ [G] mercy on [D] my soul. _
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_ I walked through the Halls of Karma, I shook hands with both the devil and _ God.
They turned my eyes to the inside to see where my _ energies have gone.
As I've gone _ _ through my life, I've respected and reflected them both.
It's the sympathy of God as he looked at my life, the excitement of that I've already felt.
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Lord [D] have mercy. _ _
Lord _ have mercy for [E] my soul.
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_ _ _ _ _ The devil said, scratch my back and I'll scratch your back for sure.
_ But you have done all these sins for him.
My heart could not be pure.
I found out what means more to me than anything on this earth.
You be ready on my judgment day, ready to face the truth.
So [D] Lord _ have [A] mercy.
_ _ Lord _ [D] have mercy on my [E] _ soul.
I've _ _ sought my soul so [A] long. _ _ _ _
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_ _ I hope I've done the right things for both your sake and mine.
_ I'm reaching for a higher level.
_ My only fear is fear of time.
_ I'm into the proper cause of my maker and his host.
The truth of life must be complete or my cause will be lost.
So _ [D] Lord have mercy. _
_ _ _ Lord have [Am] mercy [E] on my _ _ soul. _
I've sought my _ _ cause. _ _ _
_ [D] _ Lord have mercy. _
_ Lord _ have mercy [A]
on [E] my _ soul. _ _ _
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_ _ _ Lord have mercy on [E] my _ soul. _ _ _
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I've sought my cause.
I've walked through the halls of karma.
I shook hands with both the devil and God.
Yes, they turned my eyes to the inside to see where my energies have gone.
Yes, I've harmed with all through my life.
I've respected and reflected them both.
Yes, the sympathy of God as he looked at my life.
Yes, I may not like _ _ it.
[Am] _ _ [D] Lord have mercy. _ _
_ Lord have mercy on [E] my soul. _ _ _ _ _
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[D] Lord _ have mercy [A] on [E] my _ soul.
Have mercy, Lord.
[D] _ _ Lord have mercy [A] on [E] my _ soul. _ _ _ _
[D] Lord _ have [Am] mercy [A] on [E] my soul. _ _ _ _ _
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