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Mercy Mercy Me by Marvin Gaye - Guitar Chords

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                Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology) - Marvin Gaye
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Written by: Marvin Gaye
From: "What's Going On" (1971)

Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard

For less barre chords in the main part of the song transpose -2 
and use a capo 2nd fret to match the original tuning.

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CHORDS
          E-A-D-G-B-E
G#/A#     6-x-6-5-4-x
A/B       7-x-7-6-5-x

Emaj7     0-2-2-4-4-4
C#m7      x-4-6-4-5-4
F#m7      2-4-2-2-2-2
A/B       x-2-2-2-2(4)  The optional major 7 adds a nice variation.

Fmaj7     1-3-3-2-1-0
Dm7       x-x-0-2-1-1
Gm7       3-x-0-3-3-1
Bb/C      x-3-3-3-3(5)
       or x-3-x-3-3-1

Bbm9      6-x-6-5-6-x
       or 6-8-6-6-6-8

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[Intro]
| G#/A# | % | A/B | % |
 
 
[Verse] 1
  Emaj7
Woo ah, mercy mercy me
C#m7                                      F#m7
   Ah things ain't what they used to be, no no
          F#m7
Where did all the blue skies go?
A/B                                                         Emaj7
 Poison is the wind that blows from the north and south and east
 
 
[Verse] 2
Emaj7
   Woo mercy, mercy me
C#m7                                       F#m7
   Ah things ain't what they used to be, no no
                             A/B
Oil wasted on the ocean and upon our seas, fish full of mercury
 
 
[Verse] 3
  Emaj7
A-ah oh mercy, mercy me
C#m7                                      F#m7
   Ah things ain't what they used to be, no no
                                 A/B
Radiation underground and in the sky
                                     Emaj7
Animals and birds who live nearby are dying
 
 
[Verse] 4
Emaj7
   Oh mercy, mercy me
C#m7                          F#m7
   Ah things ain't what they u-sed to be
                            A/B
What about this overcrowded land
                                     Emaj7
How much more abuse from man can she stand?
 
 
[Verse] (vocals ad lib))
| Emaj7 | % | C#m7 | % |
| F#m7 | % | A/B | % |
 
Ooh-ooh, oh na na...
My sweet Lord... No no no no
My my Lord... My sweet Lord
 
 
[Verse] (half step up)
| Fmaj7 | % | Dm7 | % |
| Gm7 | % | Bb/C | % |
 
 
[Coda]
| Bbm9 | % | % | % |
| Bbm9 | % | % | % |
| Bbm9 | % | % | % | Bbm9
                     [orchestral coda] 
        

We also have 18 songs by Marvin Gaye

• Abraham Martin And John
• Aint No Mountain High Enough
• Aint Nothing Like The Real Thing
• Got To Give It Up
• How Sweet It Is
• I Heard It Through The Grapevine
• I Want You
• Inner City Blues
• It Takes Two
• Lets Get It On
• Mercy Mercy Me
• Sexual Healing
• Stubborn Kind Of Fellow
• Sunny
• Too Busy Thinking About My Baby
• Whats Going On
• Whats Happening Brother
• Youre All I Need To Get By

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