Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E) Intro: Gm C7 Gm C7 Verse: Gm C7 When I was just seventeen, I ran away from home Gm C7 To be with all the pretty people, to be on my own Gm C7 Bright lights and trains and bedsit stains, pavements paved with gold Gm C7 And I believed in everything that everybody told me Chorus: Gm Bb C7 Bb C F G Gm Gm Bb C7 Bb C F Gm Gm Have mercy. Have mercy on me
Verse: Gm C7 I found myself in a lonely place, with a suitcase full of dreams Gm C7 And I soon grew up to realise, what living in the doghouse means Gm C7 But everyday I told myself, good things would happen soon Gm C7 ’cause I knew that I was going to be a 🏷Legend in my living room Chorus: Gm Bb C7 Bb C F Gm Gm Gm Bb C7 Bb Have mercy. Have mercy on me. Have mercy. C F Gm Gm Have mercy on me BRIDGE Solo: 4xEm 4xG 4xEm 4xG welcome to this perfect world 4xD 4xC 4xEb Verse: Gm C7 Now every day on a dead-end street, is where I spend my time Gm C7 The dust has been collecting on, the corners of my mind Gm C7 But I’ve shed my tears in bitter drops, until the thorn trees bloomed Gm C7 To take the spiky fruit, to crown myself the King of Doom Chorus: Gm Bb C Gm Gm C F Gm Gm Have mercy. Have mercy on me Gm Bb C Gm Gm C F Gm Gm Have mercy. Oh Oh children, have mercy on me Gm BbC Gm Gm C F Gm Have mercy. Listen to me people, have mercy on Gm me.
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