Chuck Berry – Have Mercy Judge (Guitar)

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As recorded by Chuck Berry (From the 1970 Album BACK HOME) [Intro] A G D E E7 [Verse 1]
           A
Have mercy, I'm in a world of trouble now

D                             A
I'm being held by the State Patrol

     D
I am charged with traffic of the forbidden

                                     A
And I almost finished doing my parole

E                                D
Now, I'm on my way back down town

                                   A   D  A  E7
Somebody help me, have mercy on my soul
[Verse 2]
             A                 D
I go to court tomorrow morning

                                 A
And I got the same judge I had before

             D                A          D
Lord, I know he won't have no mercy on me

                                           A
Because he told me not to come back no more

               E7          A7
He'll send me away to some stoney mansion

D                                 A7  D  A  E7
In a lonely room and lock the door
[Verse 3]
         A                             D
Ow! Lord have mercy on my little Tulane

                                A7
She's too alive to try to live alone

               D
And I know her needs

D
And although she loves me

                             A
She's going to try to make it

A
While the poor boy's gone

                            E7
Somebody should tell her to live

E7
And I'll understand it

D
And even love her more

                 A   D  A
When I come back home