Have Mercy chords by Steve Earle

• Capo on 2nd
• Difficulty: Beginner

Key: D

🎸 Intro:


D Dsus4 D (x4)


🎸 Verse 1:


D
He was standin' on the corner
  G                          D    Dsus4  D
A hundred dollar bill in his hand
                                             G
Said I could feed a lot of these people with this
                   D               Dsus4  D
But that ain't the business at hand
              A
Ain't but one reason for a white boy to be
G                    D    Dsus4  D
Over on this side of town
             A
He gave that money to the man and he
G                         D   Dsus4  D
Bought a little mercy for now

🎸 Chorus:


D             G
Have mercy on me
              D   Dsus4  D
Have mercy on me
      A                     G
I'm a sinner Lord can't you see
              D   Dsus4  D
Have mercy on me


🎸 Verse2:


D
Old Joe don't know how it got started
  G                           D    Dsus4  D
I guess it was the fire in her eyes

He loved his wife and children
       G                       D          Dsus4  D
And he wasn't into telling all these lies
        A
But she gave herself so freely
        G                      D      Dsus4  D
In that room at the top of the stairs
     A                       G                   D     Dsus4  D
He'd go to her in hopes he'd find a little mercy there


🎸 Chorus:

D             G
Have mercy on me
              D   Dsus4  D
Have mercy on me
      A                     G
I'm a sinner Lord can't you see
              D    Dsus4  D
Have mercy on me


🎸 Bridge:


A
Tears were made to fall
               D
Hearts made to break
A
Sometimes it feels

Like they just want to know
    G             D
How much you can take

D Dsus4 D (x2)


🎸 Verse3:


D
She was all alone that evening
G                     D      Dsus4  D
What was she thinkin' about

Her mind was made up and
  G                D             Dsus4  D
I guess it was the only way out
          A                     G
There's a pistol in a pawn shop window
                   D      Dsus4  D
Made of cold, blue steel
    A
She took it home to find out
    G                         D     Dsus4  D
How warm a little mercy could feel


Chorus X2:


D             G
Have mercy on me
              D   Dsus4  D
Have mercy on me
      A                     G
I'm a sinner Lord can't you see
              D   Dsus4  D
Have mercy on me

D             G
Have mercy on me
              D   Dsus4  D
Have mercy on me
      A                     G
I'm a sinner Lord can't you see
              D   Dsus4  D
Have mercy on me


🎸 Outro:

A                          G
God knows that mercy ain't free
              D    Dsus4  D
Have mercy on me