Mercy

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[Verse]
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Our dear daddy left us when we was 
quite young
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He said lord have mercy on my 
daughter and my wicked son
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Raised by my friends, guess I’m on 
the road again
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The one he said would lead me to a 
dark heaven-less end
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So lord have mercy on my soul
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Lord have mercy I don’t know which 
way to go
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Which way to turn oh I don’t know
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Lord have mercy on my good for 
nothing soul
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My papa weren’t no preacher still 
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he spread that word of yours
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To make up for all the sinning and 
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rebelling without a cause
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Back when he was young way too young
 to know
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The word of God would touch him 
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tell him he’s a Rolling Stone
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So lord have mercy on his soul
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Lord have mercy whichever way that 
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he rolls
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Too old to learn
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Too dumb to know
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Its a sin to turn your back on the 
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oats that you have sown

[Hook]
           Am   F
Lord have mercy
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Lord have mercy
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Lord have mercy
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Lord have mercy

[Verse 2]
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  Oh God I love you and I’m grateful
 for my life
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Yes I’m grateful that you blessed 
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me with a daughter and a wife
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But I don’t believe my daddy when 
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he says I’ll burn in hell
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Cause I don’t go to church live by 
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the stories that he tells
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But if I’m wrong and the self 
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righteous one is right
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Blame the devil for my lucidness 
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forgive me for my stupidness
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Have mercy on my soul
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Lord have mercy I don’t know which 
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way to go
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But I can learn, give me a try
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Just please have mercy if I don’t 
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before I die

[Hook]
           Am   F
Lord have mercy
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Lord have mercy
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Lord have mercy
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Lord have mercy

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 Hallelujah, halle-halle-lujah
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Big drop in the ocean
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 Hallelujah, halle-halle-lujah
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Following the motion
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 Hallelujah, halle-halle-lujah
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Big drop in the ocean
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 Hallelujah, halle-halle-lujah
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Following the motion

[Verse 3]
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If I’m mistaken tell me why
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If I’m forsaken take away these 
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tears I cry
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For the non-believers I hold so dear
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Because they helped me in my life 
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when things weren’t clear
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I thought you sent them but if that
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 ain't right
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Then lord have mercy on my skewed 
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and wayward mind
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I said I thought you sent them to be
 my guides
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Thought the way you works mysterious
 but if I’m just delirious


       Am  B        F   Am
Have mercy   on my soul
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Lord have mercy    I don’t know 
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which way to go
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Lord have mercy on my soul

(Big drop in the ocean)
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Lord have mercy I don’t know which 
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way to go

(following the motion)
             Am          B
I said have mercy on my soul

(Big drop in the ocean)
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Lord have mercy on my good for 
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nothing soul

(Following the motion)

[Hook]
           Am    B
Lord have mercy…

(Big drop in the ocean)
           F    Am
Lord have mercy

(Following the motion)
           Am    B
Lord have mercy

(Big drop in the ocean)
           F    Am
Lord have mercy

(Following the motion)

[Other]
Am Em                        F  Dm
     On my good for nothing soul
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     On my good for nothing soul
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     On my good for nothing soul
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     On my good for nothing soul