e|----Opening----------------------------------------------------------| B|---------------------------------------------------------------------| G|-4-4--6--2--4--4-4--6--9--11-9---------------------------------------| D|-------------------------------11--9--7----------7-9-7-----7---------| A|----------------------------------------9--7-7-9--------9------------| E|---------------------------------------------------------------------| Main riff e|---------------------------------------------------------------------| B|---------------------------------------------------------------------| G|--2-0-0---------------0-0----------2-0-0---------------0-0-----------| D|--------2p--0-------2------2p-0------------2p--0-----2-----2p-0------| A|-------------3p--0-------------3p-0-------------3p-0-----------3p-0--| E|---------------------------------------------------------------------| e|---------------------------------------------------------------------| B|---------------------------------------------------------------------| G|--2-2-----------------2-0-2------------------------------------------| D|-----4-4-4-2-0-0-2--4------------------------------------------------| A|---------------------------------------------------------------------| E|---------------------------------------------------------------------| (Play main riff over this part) Have mercy, have mercy baby Have mercy, have mercy on me A B A D A E Well I went to see the gypsy, to have my fortune read A B A D She said man, your baby gonna leave you A (stop) E Her bags are packed up under the bed (Play main riff over this part) Have mercy, have mercy baby Have mercy, have mercy on me A B A D A E But if you leave me baby, girl if you put me down A B A D I?m gonna make it to the nearest river child A (stop) E And jump overboard and drown (Main riff) Have mercy, have mercy baby Have mercy, have mercy on me F#5 I said hey hey baby, hey hey now What you tryin? to do Hey hey baby, hey hey now A E Please don?t say we?re through (Main riff) Have mercy, have mercy baby Have mercy, have mercy on me A B A D A E But if you stay baby, I?ll tell you what I?m gonna do A B A D I?m gonna work two jobs, seven days a week A (stop) E And bring my money back to you (Main riff) Have mercy, have mercy baby Have mercy, have mercy on me | / slide up | \ slide down | h hammer-on | p pull-off | ~ vibrato | + harmonic | x Mute note ===============================================================================