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]
A Em7
Have mercy on a fool like me
B G#m7
My eyes were open but I just couldn't see
G Bm Bm7 Bm F#7 F#
The way the world works without honesty, honest-ly, I was blind
[Verse 2]
A Em7
All my heroes have been laid to rest
B G#m7
And all my idols I have come to possess
G Bm Bm7 Bm F#7 F#
And I'm still looking for some true happiness in my heart, oh...
[Chorus 1]
F#m7 G#m7
Nothing here is certain
C#m B A
We chase a shadow of our own dream's design
E F# G#m7 F#
And wonder why it takes so lo-ng
E F# G#m
And wonder just where we went wrong
C#m B A
We hold a candle in the wind to light our way
[Verse 3]
A Em7
Go lightly in your judgement please
B G#m7
I didn't know the world was filled with such greed
G Bm Bm7 Bm F#7 F#
I'm only asking let your heart intercede, and I know they still exist
[Verse 4]
A Em7
They say you learn something new every day
B G#m7
I want to learn to forget all this dismay
G Bm Bm7 Bm F#7 F#
At finding out the way that some folks play, only they's gonna win...
[Chorus 2]
F#m7 G#m7
Nothing here is sacred
C#m B A
The golden calf we worshipped has fallen from its shrine
E F# G#m7 F#
And left us standing here stranded
E F# G#m
Our only hope's to abandon
C#m B A
These foolish dreams that we've pursued for far too long
A
Have mercy, have mercy ...