Bm E A

[Chorus]
 A
(Have mercy, have mercy, baby..mmmm, have mercy, 
      D        A  E
 have mercy on me.

[Verse]
        A
Well, I went to see a gypsy and had my fortune read.
E         A         C#           F#m        D   E
She said, Don, your baby's gonna leave you..her bag
             Bm        A
is packed up under the bed and I cry..

[Chorus]
A
Have mercy, have mercy, baby..mmmm, have mercy, 
     D        A  E
have mercy on me.

[Verse]
        A      C#m      F#m  D  A                   E
I said, if you leave me baby....girl, if you put me down.
            A            C#      F#m    D
Well, I'm a goin' to the nearest river, child..
    E         Am7       A
and jump from above and drown..but don't leave me..

[Chorus]
A
Have mercy, have mercy, baby..mmmm, have mercy, 
     D        A  E
have mercy on me.

[Verse]
           F#m       Bm    F#m       Bm   F#m      Bm
Well, now, hey, hey, baby, hey, hey, now, what you tryin' 
    A
to do, huh?
F#m       Bm    F#m       Bm   E                          
Hey, hey, baby, hey, hey, now, please don't say we're
A
through.

[Interlude]
E F#m D A E

[Verse]
        A      C#m        F#m   D    A
I said, if you stay here, baby.....I tell you what I'm 
      E             A        C#m   F#m          D
gonna do..I'm gonna work two jobs, seven days a week..
   E                      A
to bring my money home to you.

[Outro]
E             A      F#m    A               E
Well, I said, mercy, mercy, mercy....mercy, mercy, 
A
mercy..(Fade.)