Duffy – Mercy

Intro

E      E     B D
Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! X4   

       E
I love you 

but I gotta stay true 

my morals got me on my knees 

I'm begging please stop playing games 

E                      B7
I don't know what this is 
               A
cos you got me good 
                       E
just like you knew you would 

E                     B7
I don't know what you do 
              A
but you do it well
               E
I’m under your spell 


Chorus
                           E 
You got me begging you for mercy 

why won't you release me 
                           A
you got me begging you for mercy 
                 E
why won't you release me 
          B7  A   E
I said releeeease me 

                   E
Now you think that I 

will be something on the side 

but you got to understand 

that i need a girl 

who can take my hand yes I do 

                      B7
I don't know what this is 
               A
but you got me good 
                       E
just like you knew you would 

                     B7
I don't know what you do 
              A
but you do it well 
               E
I’m under your spell 

                           E
You got me begging you for mercy 

why won’t you release me 
                           A
you got me begging you for mercy 
                E
why won’t you release me 
                       B7   A         E
I said you’d better release Yeah! Yeah! Yeah!

I'm begging you for mercy    (accompanied by claps in time throughout)
yes why won’t you release me 
I'm begging you for mercy 

you got me begging 
you got me begging 
you got me begging   (guitar bends A chord then all back in)

E
Mercy, why won’t you release me 
                    A
I'm begging you for mercy 
                E
why won’t you release me 
                           B7 A E
you got me begging you for mercy 

                    E
I'm begging you for mercy 

I'm begging you for mercy 
                    A
I'm begging you for mercy 
                    E
I'm begging you for mercy 
                B7 A  E   E     E     E
Why won’t you release me Yeah! Yeah! Yeah!

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