Otis Redding – Love Have Mercy (Guitar)
Key
-
Versions
(2)
Bass Tab
Guitar
Auto-scroll
Speed:
1.0x
Chords
As recorded by Otis Redding
(From the 1966 Album COMPLETE & UNBELIEVABLE: THE OTIS REDDING DICTIONARY OF SOUL)
[Intro]
Ab
[Verse 1]
Ab B Love have mercy, yeah, on my soul Db Eb How many kisses, y'all, have I stole? Ab B From other girls they didn't belong to me Db Eb That's why the payback is just misery, yeah
[Chorus]
F Love have mercy, y'all Bb Eb Love have mercy on me now
[Verse 2]
Ab B Love have mercy, y'all, on my heart Db Eb For this young girl is just tearing it apart Ab B It's got me weak, oh, don't ever let me go Db Eb 'Cause I couldn't stand to reap, what I've sown now
[Chorus]
F Love have mercy, y'all Bb Eb Love have mercy on me, yeah
[Bridge]
Bb Ab This feeling, Lord, is killing me Ab All the things I did wasn't right Bb Ab And now I'm just sittin' like a duck Eb Sittin' here on that dynamite, yeah E7 Eb7 E7 Eb7 E7 Eb7 E7 Eb7 N.C. Now, somebody help me, comin' lose y'all
[Verse 3]
Ab B Love have mercy, yeah, on this man Db Eb All the wrong I did now I understand Ab B I broke a lot of hearts before I got to her Db Eb And now this suffering, just like they were, tell me 'bout it
[Chorus]
F Love have mercy, yeah Bb Db Love have mercy on poor me
[Outro]
F Love have mercy, yeah, got to tell you about it Bb You got me sufferin', Lord, just like they were F Don't make me suffer, don't make me, love have mercy on me Bb C Don't make me suffer, no no no no no no F Love have mercy, mercy, mercy Bb Love have mercy, mercy, mercy C Love have mercy on me, no don't do it to me F You got me doin' the things, I don't want to do, y'all, yeah Bb C You got me sufferin', just like the girls were, now, now F Sorry 'bout that, sorry 'bout that, sorry 'bout that, baby Bb C F Sorry 'bout that, sorry 'bout that, sorry for what I did to you, baby