Sam Cooke – Somebody Have Mercy (Guitar)

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As recorded by Sam Cooke (From the 1962 Album TWISTIN' THE NIGHT AWAY) [Intro] G7 [Verse 1]
C                F
Somebody have mercy

                    C
And tell me what is wrong with me

F
Somebody have mercy

                 C
And tell me what is wrong with me

            G
Sometimes I don't know how I stand

F                     C
The things this woman do to me

C
Let me tell you
[Verse 2]
C                             F
When I think about how she do me

               C
The tears fall down like rain, like rain

       F
When I think about how she do me

               C
The tears fall down like rain, like rain

     G                            F
When I think I've got her chained down

                  C
She starts acting up again

C
But oh, let me tell you
[Verse 3]
C
I'm going down to the bus station

F               C
With a suitcase in my hand, yes, I am

    F
I'm going down to the bus station

                C
With a suitcase in my hand, yes, I am

          G
I'm gonna grab me an armful of Greyhound

F                C
And ride just as far as I can

C
And blow that thing for me now
[Harmonica Solo]
C     F
 Yeah, mmm

C                                    F
And yay, yay, yay, yay, yay, yay, now

       C
Mmmhmm, hmm

      G                 F                C
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yay, yeah

C
Let me tell you one more time
[Verse 4]
C
Somebody have mercy

F                      C
I wonder what is wrong with me, Lord have mercy

    F
Somebody have mercy

                       C
I wonder what is wrong with me, yeah

          G
Sometimes I don't know how I stand

F                        C
The things this woman do to me

C
Blow that one more time while I tell 'em
[Verse 5]
C
I'm standing here wondering, baby

      F              C
Will a matchbox hold my clothes? Yes, I am

F
Standing, wondering, baby

                C
Will a matchbox hold my clothes? Yes, I am

           G
Oh I got a long way to get there

F                      C
And I got a short time to go
[Outro]
C
One more time

             F     C   F
Oh, oh, oh, hmm, hmm