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MERCY - Dave Matthews Band
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Tabbed by: Matt E.
Tuning: Standard
I know the outro to Mercy is primarily Bass and Piano, but you can jam along with
a mix of the two in the last part of the tab.
Intro
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Verse 1
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Don't give up I know you can see
All the world and the mess that we're making
Can't give up and hope that God will intercede
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Come on back Imagine that we could get it together
Verse 2
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Stand up for what we need to be
Cause crying won't save or feed a hungry child
Can't lay down and hope that miracles change things
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So lift up your eyes Lift up your heart
Chorus
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Singing mercy will we overcome this
Oh one by one could we turn it around
Maybe carry on just a little bit longer
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And I'll try to give you what you need
Verse 3
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Me and you and you and you
Only want to be free yeah
What you see all the world is just as we've made it
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And until we got a new one we got to say that
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Verse 4
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Love is not a whisper or a weakness
No love is strong so we got to get together yeah
We gotta get we gotta get we gotta get
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Til there is no reason to fight
Chorus
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Singing mercy will we overcome this
Oh one by one could we turn it around
Maybe carry on just a little bit longer
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And I'll try to give you what you need
Interlude
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Chorus
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Mercy will we overcome this
Have we come too far to turn it around
Do we ask too much to be a little bit stronger
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Cause I wanna give you what you need
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Mercy what will become of us
Oh one by one could we turn it around
Maybe carry on just a little bit longer
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And I'll try to give you what you need
Outro
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| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
| b Bend
| pb Pre-bend
| br Bend release
| pbr Pre-bend release
| brb Bend release bend
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