Intro
Solo, played along with same notes one octave up (slow):
e|-6-5---------------------|
B|-----6-5-----------------|
G|---------5-7-------------|
D|-------------8-7---------|
A|-----------------8-7---5-|
E|---------------------8---|
With background arpeggio:
e|--------------------0-------|
B|-------3--------3-----3---3-|
G|---3--------------3-----3---| x4
D|-----3--------3-------------|
A|-1--------------------------|
E|----------------------------|
[Verse 1]
Cb F#m7
Have mercy on a fool like me
C# A#m7
My eyes were open but I just couldn't see
A C#m C#m7 C#m G#7 G#
The way the world works without honesty, honest-ly, I was blind
[Verse 2]
Cb F#m7
All my heroes have been laid to rest
C# A#m7
And all my idols I have come to possess
A C#m C#m7 C#m G#7 G#
And I'm still looking for some true happiness in my heart, oh...
[Chorus 1]
G#m7 A#m7
Nothing here is certain
D#m C# Cb
We chase a shadow of our own dream's design
F# G# A#m7 G#
And wonder why it takes so lo-ng
F# G# A#m
And wonder just where we went wrong
D#m C# Cb
We hold a candle in the wind to light our way
[Verse 3]
Cb F#m7
Go lightly in your judgement please
C# A#m7
I didn't know the world was filled with such greed
A C#m C#m7 C#m G#7 G#
I'm only asking let your heart intercede, and I know they still exist
[Verse 4]
Cb F#m7
They say you learn something new every day
C# A#m7
I want to learn to forget all this dismay
A C#m C#m7 C#m G#7 G#
At finding out the way that some folks play, only they's gonna win...
[Chorus 2]
G#m7 A#m7
Nothing here is sacred
D#m C# Cb
The golden calf we worshipped has fallen from its shrine
F# G# A#m7 G#
And left us standing here stranded
F# G# A#m
Our only hope's to abandon
D#m C# Cb
These foolish dreams that we've pursued for far too long
Cb
Have mercy, have mercy ...