Mercury chords by Steve Lacy

• Difficulty: Beginner

Key: C

🎸 Intro:
 Steve Lacy & Fousheé:

(Ooh, ah)

Ba-ba-ba-ba, ba, ba-ba-ba-ba (Ooh, ah, ooh, ah)

Ba-ba-ba (Ooh, ah, ooh, ah)

Ba-ba-ba-ba, ba, ba-ba-ba-ba (Ooh, ah, ooh, ah)

Ba-ba-ba (Ooh, ah, ooh, ah)

🎸 Verse 1: Steve Lacy & Fousheé:
Am G F
Gemini
       G                Am  E F G
I'm a myth and I'm a 🏷Legend
       Am    G F
Whom never wins
     G               Am    E F G
And might not ever play again
       Am       G F
Keep falling in (Keep falling in, yeah)
         G             Am   E F G
Love so fast and back out again
Am G F
Speeding
 G             Am   E F G
When I should ease in


🎸 Pre-Chorus:  Steve Lacy:
Am     G     F       E
Oh
I know myself, my sins
Am      G        F      E
Dug my pit, then I fell in
Am            G       F        E
Pulled the trigger, killed us both
Am        G          F         E
Lesson learned but truth gets old


🎸 Chorus:  Steve Lacy & Fousheé:
Am                G                F
Little of heaven, little unpleasant (Ooh, ah)
   E
I don't know (Ooh, ah)
Am                   G               F
Little of pleasure, little depression (Ooh, ah)
   E
I don't know (Ooh, ah)
Am                G                F
Little of heaven, little unpleasant (Ooh, ah)
    E
I don't know (Ooh, ah)
Am                 G                 F
How can I tell if? How can I measure? (Ooh, ah)
       E
If I don't know (Ooh, ah)


🎸 Post-Chorus:  Steve Lacy:

Ba-ba-ba-ba, ba, ba-ba-ba-ba

Ba-ba-ba

Ba-ba-ba-ba, ba, ba-ba-ba-ba (Woah)

Ba-ba-ba (Ah)


🎸 Verse 2: Steve Lacy:
  Am                G           F                E
I lookеd up at the ceiling as I draft my "I'm so sorry" text
Am                G                F              E
Don't rеgret the choice I chose but do regret the mess I made
Am              G                  F                  E
I see you hurt
I wish I could just hold you tight and close
Am                    G             F            E        Am
Don't need long, just wanna say, "I love you and miss you most"


🎸 Pre-Chorus:  Steve Lacy:
Am    G         F     E
Oh
I know myself, my skin
Am      G            F          E
Rolling stones don't crawl back in
Am      G           F    G  E
Daddy's faults fell down on me
Am         G         F       E
Break that curse for sweet relief


🎸 Chorus:  Steve Lacy & Fousheé:
Am                G                F
Little of heaven, little unpleasant (Ooh, ah)
   E
I don't know (Ooh, ah)
Am                  G                F
Little of pleasure, little depression (Ooh, ah)
   E
I don't know (Ooh, ah)
Am                G                F
Little of heaven, little unpleasant (Ooh, ah)
   E
I don't know (Ooh, ah)
Am                 G                 F
How can I tell if? How can I measure? (Ooh, ah)
      E
If I don't know (Ooh, ah)


🎸 Post-Chorus:  Steve Lacy & Fousheé:

Ba-ba-ba-ba, ba, ba-ba-ba-ba (Ooh, ah, ooh, ah)

Ba-ba-ba (Ooh, ah, ooh, ah)

Ba-ba-ba-ba, ba, ba-ba-ba-ba (Ooh, ah, ooh, ah)

Ba-ba-ba (Ooh, ah, ooh, ah)


🎸 Verse 3: Steve Lacy & Fousheé:
Am              G
Mercury running amuck in my mind
      F                      G
Can't tell if I'm winning or falling behind

Ba-ba-ba-ba, ba, ba-ba-ba-ba (Ooh, ah, ooh, ah)

Ba-ba-ba (Ooh, ah, ooh, ah)
Am                  G
Venus in retrograde got me in bed
    F                          E
And thinkin' 'bout all of the shit that I said

Ba-ba-ba-ba, ba, ba-ba-ba-ba (Ooh, ah, ooh, ah)

Ba-ba-ba (Ooh, ah, ooh, ah)
Am                   G
Gemini scope give me depth 'til I'm dead
    F                       G
But I can't seem to get the fuck out of my head
      Am                       G
Well, fuck it
I'll just cop a Porsche instead
  F                      G
I do as I please and you see where it lead
      Am                           G
Guess somethin' bad ain't 'bout to happen to me
     F                         G
You think I'm two-faced
I can name twenty-three


🎸 Bridge:  Steve Lacy:
F  E                 F
My layers, all these sides
F               G           D
Could you stick by for the ride?
        F            E          F           G
It's a thrill, and I don't even know how to feel

It might be too real

Might be too-

Real, might be too real, real

I said, "Might be too-"

Might
I said, "Might be too real, real"

I said, "Might be too real"


🎸 Outro:  Fousheé & Steve Lacy:
  G            Am
Excuse me if I lied
F          G
I forgot I said that
    G              Am
Can you forgive my tongue?
     F                 G
I'll show you where my head at
  G                   Am
I don't think I'm the one
    F               G
But I could be your girlfriend
     G             F
'Til retrograde is done