Intro
A#m D# G#
[Chorus]
G#
(Have mercy, have mercy, baby..mmmm, have mercy,
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have mercy on me.
[Verse]
G#
Well, I went to see a gypsy and had my fortune read.
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She said, Don, your baby's gonna leave you..her bag
A#m G#
is packed up under the bed and I cry..
[Chorus]
G#
Have mercy, have mercy, baby..mmmm, have mercy,
C# G# D#
have mercy on me.
[Verse]
G# Cm Fm C# G# D#
I said, if you leave me baby....girl, if you put me down.
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Well, I'm a goin' to the nearest river, child..
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and jump from above and drown..but don't leave me..
[Chorus]
G#
Have mercy, have mercy, baby..mmmm, have mercy,
C# G# D#
have mercy on me.
[Verse]
Fm A#m Fm A#m Fm A#m
Well, now, hey, hey, baby, hey, hey, now, what you tryin'
G#
to do, huh?
Fm A#m Fm A#m D#
Hey, hey, baby, hey, hey, now, please don't say we're
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through.
[Interlude]
D# Fm C# G# D#
[Verse]
G# Cm Fm C# G#
I said, if you stay here, baby.....I tell you what I'm
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gonna do..I'm gonna work two jobs, seven days a week..
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to bring my money home to you.
[Outro]
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Well, I said, mercy, mercy, mercy....mercy, mercy,
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mercy..(Fade.)