Somebody have mercy Chords by Colin James

Tempo:
113.45 bpm
Chords used:

E

B

A

F#

Bm

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Somebody have mercy chords
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[E] [B] [C#m] [B]
Somebody have [E] mercy, tell me [Em] what is [B] wrong with me
Yeah, [F#m]
[E] somebody have mercy, [Em] tell me [E] what is [B] wrong with me
[F#] Sometimes I don't know [E] how I stand,
[B] things this woman [G#m] do to [B] me
[E]
When I think about [G#] how she [E] treats me, tears fall down like [B] [C#m] rain, [B] like rain
[E]
When I think about how [A] she treats [E] me, tears fall down like [B] rain, like rain
[F#] Yeah, when I think I got her [E] chained down, well she starts [B] acting up again
Well I'm going down to the bus [E] station, suitcase [B] in my hand
[E]
I'm going [A] [E] down to the bus [A] station, [E] suitcase in my [B] hand
[E]
[F#] I'm gonna catch me [A] an armful [E] of greyhound, [B] and [E] ride [B] just [E] as far as I [Bm] can
[B] [E]
[B] [E]
[B]
[F#] [E]
[Bm]
Somebody have [E] mercy, tell me what is wrong [B] with me
Yeah, [E]
[A] somebody [E] have mercy, [A] [E] tell me what is wrong with [B] me
[E] [C#]
[F#] [B] Sometimes I don't know how I [A] stand, [E] [A]
[Bm] things this woman do to me
[E] Well [B] I'm [E] just standing here wondering baby, would a matchbox hold my [B] clothes
[E] Yeah, well I'm [A] [E] standing here wondering, [A] [E] would a matchbox hold my [B] clothes
[E] Yeah, [C#m] I
[F#] got a long way to get [E] there, yeah [B] I got a short way to go
Somebody have mercy [E] baby, [B] [E] have [B] mercy baby
[E] [B]
[Em] [A] [E]
[B] Mercy baby,
[F#] oh, [E]
[B] have mercy [Bm] baby
[E] [B]
[E] [B] Won't you please, won't you [E] please [B] have mercy [E] [B] baby
Won't you please, won't you please
[E]
[B] [E] [B] [E]
[B] Baby
Key:  
E
2311
B
12341112
A
1231
F#
134211112
Bm
13421112
E
2311
B
12341112
A
1231
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To start learning Colin James - Somebody Have Mercy chords, centre your learning around these elemetal chords sequence: A, E, B and E. A strategic approach would be to train at 56 BPM initially, and then accelerate to the song's tempo of 113. Considering the song's key of E Major, position your capo to suit your vocal and chord preferences.

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[E] _ _ _ _ [B] _ [C#m] _ _ [B] _
_ Somebody have [E] mercy, _ tell me [Em] what is [B] wrong with me
Yeah, _ _ [F#m] _
[E] _ somebody have mercy, _ [Em] tell me [E] what is [B] wrong with me _ _ _ _ _
[F#] _ Sometimes I don't know [E] how I stand, _
[B] things this woman [G#m] do to [B] me
[E] _ _
When I think about [G#] how she [E] treats me, tears fall down like [B] [C#m] rain, [B] like rain
[E]
When I think about how [A] she treats [E] me, tears fall down like [B] rain, like rain
[F#] Yeah, when I think I got her [E] chained down, well she starts [B] acting up again
Well I'm going down to the bus [E] station, _ suitcase [B] in my hand
_ _ _ [E] _
I'm going [A] [E] down to the bus [A] station, [E] suitcase in my [B] hand
[E] _ _ _ _ _
[F#] I'm gonna catch me [A] an armful [E] of greyhound, [B] and [E] ride [B] just [E] as far as I [Bm] can _
[B] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[F#] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ Somebody have [E] mercy, tell me what is wrong [B] with me
Yeah, _ [E] _ _
[A] somebody [E] have mercy, _ [A] [E] tell me what is wrong with [B] me
[E] _ _ _ [C#] _ _
[F#] [B] Sometimes I don't know how I [A] stand, [E] _ [A] _
[Bm] things this woman do to me
_ [E] Well [B] I'm [E] just standing here wondering baby, would a matchbox hold my [B] clothes
[E] Yeah, _ well I'm [A] [E] standing here wondering, _ [A] [E] would a matchbox hold my [B] clothes
[E] _ Yeah, [C#m] I _
[F#] got a long way to get [E] there, _ yeah [B] I got a short way to go
_ Somebody have mercy [E] baby, [B] _ _ [E] _ _ have [B] mercy baby
_ _ _ [E] _ [B] _ _
[Em] _ [A] _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
[B] Mercy baby, _ _ _ _ _
[F#] _ oh, _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ [B] have mercy [Bm] baby
_ [E] _ [B] _
_ [E] _ [B] _ Won't you please, _ won't you [E] please [B] have mercy [E] [B] baby
Won't _ you _ please, _ won't you _ _ please
_ _ _ [E] _
[B] _ [E] _ [B] _ _ _ _ _ [E] _
[B] _ Baby _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

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This song, written by Sam Cooke, finds its place within the National Steel album.

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