Chords with lyrics
Standard tuning, capo 1. Have Mercy generally plays in open D MajorD and other alternate tunings,
but this is an easy way to play this song in standard that sounds very close to the record.
E MajorE - 022100
A augmentedA - x0222x
BB - x24442
C# minorC#m - x46654
F# minorF#m - 244222
(intro)
Start on E MajorE
C# minorC#m BB E MajorE A augmentedA (x2)
(verse)
E MajorE
I waited everyday for you and I know that this is strange,
E MajorE
But no I had to see it for myself, so I never go insane.
A augmentedA
I got this voice inside my head, "don't believe a word I say."
BB
I remember you said if you die you'd haunt me every day.
E MajorE
I think I caught what you caught, a general fear and a thought:
A augmentedA C# minorC#m BB
I will never live again.
A augmentedA C# minorC#m BB
I was never more than a friend.
(chorus)
C# minorC#m BB E MajorE A augmentedA
I wish I knew everyone as well as you knew me.
C# minorC#m BB E MajorE A augmentedA
We?re talking of spacecrafts, we both laugh and I'm relieved.
C# minorC#m BB E MajorE A augmentedA
See we've got a good thing, it's a good thing when you're with me?
A augmentedA C# minorC#m BB
When you're with me.
(verse)
E MajorE
If you knew me well at all, I've never felt complete:
E MajorE
I am an empty building bound to fall and all the stories leak.
A augmentedA
Got a Bible but I'm the only one that had a plan for me.
BB
Left my God in confidence ?cause I never heard him speak.
E MajorE
So let me say what I want then I'll go, there's something that you ought to know
A augmentedA C# minorC#m BB
Cause I knew that you had forgot
A augmentedA C# minorC#m BB
When I think I'm alone, I am not.
(chorus)
C# minorC#m BB E MajorE A augmentedA
I wish I knew everyone as well as you knew me.
C# minorC#m BB E MajorE A augmentedA
We?re talking of spacecrafts, we both laugh and I'm relieved.
C# minorC#m BB E MajorE A augmentedA
See we've got a good thing, it's a good thing when you're with me?
A augmentedA C# minorC#m BB
When you're with me.
(solo)
C# minorC#m BB E MajorE A augmentedA (x2)
(bridge)
F# minorF#m A augmentedA E MajorE A augmentedA E MajorE
I know exactly who you are.
F# minorF#m A augmentedA
I know exactly who you are.
(final chorus)
E MajorE A augmentedA
I wish I knew everyone as well as you knew me.
C# minorC#m BB A augmentedA
We?re talking of spacecrafts, we both laugh and I'm relieved.
E MajorE A augmentedA
See we've got a good thing, it's a good thing when you're with me
C# minorC#m BB A augmentedA