Mercy Mercy:Don Covay (And The Goodtimers)
#1 on R&B Charts and #35 on BB Hot 100 on
ATLANTIC Records in 1964.
INTRO: Bm E A
CHORUS:
A
(Have mercy, have mercy, baby..mmmm, have mercy,
D A E
have mercy on me.
#1.
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Well, I went to see a gypsy and had my fortune read.
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She said, Don, your baby's gonna leave you..her bag
Bm A
is packed up under the bed and I cry..
CHORUS:
A
Have mercy, have mercy, baby..mmmm, have mercy,
D A E
have mercy on me.
#2.
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I said, if you leave me baby....girl, if you put me down.
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Well, I'm a goin' to the nearest river, child..
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and jump from above and drown..but don't leave me..
CHORUS:
A
Have mercy, have mercy, baby..mmmm, have mercy,
D A E
have mercy on me.
#3.
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Well, now, hey, hey, baby, hey, hey, now, what you tryin'
to do, huh?
A D E
Hey, hey, baby, hey, hey, now, please don't say we're
A
through.
INTERLUDE: E Gbm D A E
#4.
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I said, if you stay here, baby.....I tell you what I'm
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gonna do..I'm gonna work two jobs, seven days a week..
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to bring my money home to you.
OUTRO:
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Well, I said, mercy, mercy, mercy....mercy, mercy,
A
mercy..(Fade.)
A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.
