[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] Have mercy on a[Fm7] fool like me
[C] My eyes were open but I [Am7]just couldn't see
[G#] The way the world works with[Cm]out hones[Cm7]ty, hone[Cm]st-[G7]ly, I was [G]blind
[Verse 2]
[Bb] All my heroes have been [Fm7]laid to rest
[C] And all my idols I have [Am7]come to possess
[G#] And I'm still looking for some [Cm]true happi[Cm7]ness in [Cm]my [G7]heart, [G]oh...
[Chorus 1]
[Gm7] Nothing here is ce[Am7]rtain
[Dm] We chase a [C]shadow of our [Bb]own dream's design
[F] And wonder [G]why it takes so[Am7] lo-[G]ng
[F] And wonder [G]just where we went [Am]wrong
We hold a [Dm]candle in the [C]wind to light our[Bb] way
[Verse 3]
[Bb] Go lightly in your [Fm7]judgement please
[C] I didn't know the world was [Am7]filled with such greed
[G#] I'm only asking let your [Cm]heart inter[Cm7]cede, and [Cm]I [G7]know they still e[G]xist
[Verse 4]
[Bb] They say you learn something new [Fm7]every day
[C] I want to learn to forget [Am7]all this dismay
[G#] At finding out the way that [Cm]some folks [Cm7]play, on[Cm]ly t[G7]hey's gonna [G]win...
[Chorus 2]
[Gm7] Nothing here is [Am7]sacred
[Dm] The golden [C]calf we worshipped has [Bb]fallen from its shrine
[F] And left us [G]standing here str[Am7]anded[G]
[F] Our only [G]hope's to aban[Am]don
These foolish [Dm]dreams that we've pur[C]sued for far too[Bb] long
[Bb] Have mercy, have mercy ...
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] Have mercy on a[Fm7] fool like me
[C] My eyes were open but I [Am7]just couldn't see
[G#] The way the world works with[Cm]out hones[Cm7]ty, hone[Cm]st-[G7]ly, I was [G]blind
[Verse 2]
[Bb] All my heroes have been [Fm7]laid to rest
[C] And all my idols I have [Am7]come to possess
[G#] And I'm still looking for some [Cm]true happi[Cm7]ness in [Cm]my [G7]heart, [G]oh...
[Chorus 1]
[Gm7] Nothing here is ce[Am7]rtain
[Dm] We chase a [C]shadow of our [Bb]own dream's design
[F] And wonder [G]why it takes so[Am7] lo-[G]ng
[F] And wonder [G]just where we went [Am]wrong
We hold a [Dm]candle in the [C]wind to light our[Bb] way
[Verse 3]
[Bb] Go lightly in your [Fm7]judgement please
[C] I didn't know the world was [Am7]filled with such greed
[G#] I'm only asking let your [Cm]heart inter[Cm7]cede, and [Cm]I [G7]know they still e[G]xist
[Verse 4]
[Bb] They say you learn something new [Fm7]every day
[C] I want to learn to forget [Am7]all this dismay
[G#] At finding out the way that [Cm]some folks [Cm7]play, on[Cm]ly t[G7]hey's gonna [G]win...
[Chorus 2]
[Gm7] Nothing here is [Am7]sacred
[Dm] The golden [C]calf we worshipped has [Bb]fallen from its shrine
[F] And left us [G]standing here str[Am7]anded[G]
[F] Our only [G]hope's to aban[Am]don
These foolish [Dm]dreams that we've pur[C]sued for far too[Bb] long
[Bb] Have mercy, have mercy ...