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