Somebody Have Mercy
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Afinação: E A D G B ETecla: CCapotraste: Sem capotraste
As recorded by Sam Cooke
(From the 1962 Album TWISTIN' THE NIGHT AWAY)
[Intro]
G7
[Verse 1]
C F
C
And tell me what is wrong with me
F
C
And tell me what is wrong with me
G
Sometimes I don't know how I stand
F C
The things this woman do to me
C
Let me tell you
[Verse 2]
C F
When I think about how she do me
C
The tears fall down like rain, like rain
F
When I think about how she do me
C
The tears fall down like rain, like rain
G F
When I think I've got her chained down
C
She starts acting up again
C
But oh, let me tell you
[Verse 3]
C
I'm going down to the bus station
F C
With a suitcase in my hand, yes, I am
F
I'm going down to the bus station
C
With a suitcase in my hand, yes, I am
G
I'm gonna grab me an armful of Greyhound
F C
And ride just as far as I can
C
And blow that thing for me now
[Harmonica Solo]
C F
Yeah, mmm
C F
And yay, yay, yay, yay, yay, yay, now
C
Mmmhmm, hmm
G F C
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yay, yeah
C
Let me tell you one more time
[Verse 4]
C
Somebody have mercy
F C
I wonder what is wrong with me, Lord have mercy
F
Somebody have mercy
C
I wonder what is wrong with me, yeah
G
Sometimes I don't know how I stand
F C
The things this woman do to me
C
Blow that one more time while I tell 'em
[Verse 5]
C
I'm standing here wondering, baby
F C
Will a matchbox hold my clothes? Yes, I am
F
Standing, wondering, baby
C
Will a matchbox hold my clothes? Yes, I am
G
Oh I got a long way to get there
F C
And I got a short time to go
[Outro]
C
One more time
F C F
Oh, oh, oh, hmm, hmm
How to play Somebody Have Mercy
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