Have Mercy generally plays in open tunings (I believe this song is in
open F), but this is an easy way of playing it in standard that sounds close.
[Intro]
Dm C F Bb (x2)
[Verse]
F
I waited everyday for you and I know that this is strange,
F
But no I had to see it for myself, so I never go insane.
Bb
I got this voice inside my head, "don't believe a word I say."
C
I remember you said if you die you'd haunt me every day.
F
I think I caught what you caught, a general fear and a thought:
Bb Dm C
I will never live again.
Bb Dm C
I was never more than a friend.
[Chorus]
Dm C F Bb
I wish I knew everyone as well as you knew me.
Dm C F Bb
We’re talking of spacecrafts, we both laugh and I'm relieved.
Dm C F Bb
See we've got a good thing, it's a good thing when you're with me…
Dm C
When you're with me.
[Verse]
F
If you knew me well at all, I've never felt complete:
F
I am an empty building bound to fall and all the stories leak.
Bb
Got a Bible but I'm the only one that had a plan for me.
C
Left my God in confidence ‘cause I never heard him speak.
F
So let me say what I want then I'll go, there's something that you ought to know
Bb Dm C
Cause I knew that you had forgot
Bb Dm C
When I think I'm alone, I am not.
[Chorus]
Dm C F Bb
I wish I knew everyone as well as you knew me.
Dm C F Bb
We’re talking of spacecrafts, we both laugh and I'm relieved.
Dm C F Bb
See we've got a good thing, it's a good thing when you're with me…
Dm C
When you're with me.
[Solo]
Dm C F Bb (x2)
[Bridge]
Gm Bb F Bb F
I know exactly who you are.
Gm Bb
I know exactly who you are.
[Chorus]
F Bb
I wish I knew everyone as well as you knew me.
Dm C Bb
We’re talking of spacecrafts, we both laugh and I'm relieved.
F Bb
See we've got a good thing, it's a good thing when you're with me
Dm C Bb
I wish I knew everyone as well as you knew me.
