Intro
Solo, played along with same notes one octave up (slow):
e|-6-5---------------------|
B|-----6-5-----------------|
G|---------5-7-------------|
D|-------------8-7---------|
A|-----------------8-7---5-|
E|---------------------8---|
With background arpeggio:
e|--------------------0-------|
B|-------3--------3-----3---3-|
G|---3--------------3-----3---| x4
D|-----3--------3-------------|
A|-1--------------------------|
E|----------------------------|
verse 1
Bb Fm7
Have mercy on a fool like me
C Am7
My eyes were open but I just couldn't see
G# Cm Cm7 Cm G7 G
The way the world works without honesty, honest-ly, I was blind
verse 2
Bb Fm7
All my heroes have been laid to rest
C Am7
And all my idols I have come to possess
G# Cm Cm7 Cm G7 G
And I'm still looking for some true happiness in my heart, oh...
Gm7 Am7
Nothing here is certain
Dm C Bb
We chase a shadow of our own dream's design
F G Am7 G
And wonder why it takes so lo-ng
F G Am
And wonder just where we went wrong
Dm C Bb
We hold a candle in the wind to light our way
verse 3
Bb Fm7
Go lightly in your judgement please
C Am7
I didn't know the world was filled with such greed
G# Cm Cm7 Cm G7 G
I'm only asking let your heart intercede, and I know they still exist
verse 4
Bb Fm7
They say you learn something new every day
C Am7
I want to learn to forget all this dismay
G# Cm Cm7 Cm G7 G
At finding out the way that some folks play, only they's gonna win...
Gm7 Am7
Nothing here is sacred
Dm C Bb
The golden calf we worshipped has fallen from its shrine
F G Am7 G
And left us standing here stranded
F G Am
Our only hope's to abandon
Dm C Bb
These foolish dreams that we've pursued for far too long
Bb
Have mercy, have mercy ...