Good God Have Mercy chords by Roy Buchanan

Chords with lyrics

In this song cord transitions precede each phrase by 1 bar; this is shown by the indented lyrics.


E7E7
[Intro]

E7E7
  Down in South Carolina, in the piney woods

E7E7
  Where they make sweet turpentine

A augmentedA
  There I first saw the light of day

E7E7
  Landin' on my mind

A augmentedA
  Runnin' in the sunshine laughing

E7E7
  Rollin' in the red dirt crying

E7E7    C majorC  D MajorD
  I said mmmm mmmm

E7E7
  Good God have mercy

E7E7
  Cannery warehouse baby, I went to school

E7E7
  I eat lunch from the cans of our store

A augmentedA
  Heatin' them up on a pot-bellied stove

E7E7
  I used to keep out in the cold

A augmentedA
  Sittin' around, you know, just tellin' lies about uh

E7E7
  What I'd be when I grew old

E7E7    C majorC  D MajorD
  I said mmmm mmmm

E7E7
  Good God have mercy

E7E7
  Trestle track, now mama

E7E7
  Where the BNN used to haul

A augmentedA
  Freight train caught daddy one day

E7E7
  He took a long, long fall

A augmentedA
  I'd only been taught to think on life

E7E7
  Never thought on death at all

E7E7    C majorC  D MajorD
  I said mmmm mmmm

E7E7
  Good God have mercy


[Solo]


E7E7
  Now every Sunday after church

E7E7
  There'd be a meeting on the ground

A augmentedA
  Some good soul she would always say

E7E7
  It's a shame about Frieda Brown

A augmentedA
  Mama and the ladies they formed a society

E7E7
  They run Frieda out of town

E7E7    C majorC  D MajorD
  I said mmmm mmmm

E7E7
  Good God have mercy


E7E7
  Daddy's on the main line, mama wants him home

E7E7
  Daddy's on the main line, the kids all need him home

E7E7
  Good God have mercy