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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]
