A Little Bit Of Mercy Chords
A Little Bit Of Mercy by Caroline Herring is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C with a capo on the 3st fret. It uses the chords C, F, G, Am and E7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
rd Fret
Intro: C F (4x)
C F C
Time goes by so quickly now
G F C
On this freight train line through my hometown
F C
There are days I wait for night to come
G F C
When I fall asleep just to wake again
Am F G
Oh, to walk beside an honourable man
Am F C
Honey, sometimes I just do the best that I can
E7 Am
And you show me a little bit of mercy
F
Of mercy
C
Of mercy
G C F C F
More than a little bit of mercy
C F C
Striving for that golden crown
G F C
Will he say, "Well done", when the trumpet sounds
F C
Standing where our fathers stood
G F C
We learn their ways to make them good
Am F G
But where is the heart in an honourable man
Am F C
Honey, sometimes you just do the best that you can
E7 Am
And I show you a little bit of mercy
F
Of mercy
C
Of mercy
G C
More than a little bit of mercy
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