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Marvin Gaye - Mercy Mercy Me chords
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"Mercy, Mercy Me" Marvin Gaye - What's Goin' On (1971) Tabbed by Dylan Williams Send questions or comments to dylan.williams.j@hotmail.com Classic song from a classic album. The existing tab is incomplete, so I figured I'd complete it. This song uses major and minor seventh barre chords for rhythmic purposes. You could ostensibly play these open or with a capo, but it is unadvised. These are the shapes I use: Emaj7 Cm7 C#m7 F#m Amaj7 Bbm9 sus2* --XX-- --08-- --09-- --XX-- --XX-- --06-- --07-- --XX-- --XX-- --09-- --XX-- --08-- --09-- --08-- --09-- --11-- --07-- --06-- --08-- --08-- --09-- --11-- --09-- --06-- --09-- --08-- --09-- --10-- --09-- --06-- --07-- --XX-- --XX-- --09-- --07-- --08-- *: This is really just a matter of taste. You would probably prefer a plain Amaj7, which would be XX7999. [ Tab from: http://www.guitaretab.com/m/marvin-gaye/346786.html ] After the verses, during the instrumental, there's a key change from E to F major. Just move the verse chords up one fret. ----- Intro ----- Cm7 C#m7 Emaj7 Whoa-oh, mercy, mercy me, C#m7 Ah, things ain't what they used to be, no, no. F#m Where did all the blue skies go? Amaj7sus2 Poison is the wind that blows from the north and south and east. Emaj7 Mercy, mercy me, C#m7 Ah, things ain't what they used to be, no, no. F#m Oil wasted on the ocean and upon Amaj7sus2 our seas fish full of mercury, Emaj7 Oh, mercy, mercy me. C#m7 Ah, things ain't what they used to be, no, no, no. F#m Radiation underground and in the sky; Amaj7sus2 animals and birds who live near by are dying. Emaj7 Oh, mercy, mercy me. C#m7 Ah, things ain't what they used to be. F#m What about this over crowded land? Amaj7sus2 How much more abuse from man can she stand? (Repeats the verse chords one more time, and then a key change.) Fmaj7 Dm7 Gm Bbmaj7sus2 (And then it rests on that Bbm9 chord pretty much for the rest of the song.)  |