"Mercy, Mercy Me" Marvin Gaye - What's Goin' On (1971) Tabbed by Dylan Williams Send questions or comments to dylan.williams.j@hotmail.com Classic song from a classic album. The existing tab is incomplete, so I figured I'd complete it. This song uses major and minor seventh barre chords for rhythmic purposes. You could ostensibly play these open or with a capo, but it is unadvised. These are the shapes I use:

^Emaj7 ^Cm7 ^C#m7 ^F#m ^Amaj7 sus2* ^Bbm9 --07-- --XX-- --XX-- --09-- --07-- --08-- --09-- --08-- --09-- --10-- --09-- --06-- --08-- --08-- --09-- --11-- --09-- --06-- --09-- --08-- --09-- --11-- --07-- --06-- --07-- --XX-- --XX-- --09-- --XX-- --08-- --XX-- --08-- --09-- --XX-- --XX-- --06--

*: This is really just a matter of taste. You would probably prefer a plain Amaj7, which would be XX7999. After the verses, during the instrumental, there's a key change from E to F major. Just move the verse chords up one fret. ----- Intro ----- Cm7 C#m7

^Emaj7Whoa-oh, mercy, mercy me, ^C#m7Ah, things ain't what they used to be, no, no. ^F#mWhere did all the blue skies go? ^Amaj7sus2Poison is the wind that blows from the north and south and east. ^Emaj7Mercy, mercy me, ^C#m7Ah, things ain't what they used to be, no, no. ^F#mOil wasted on the ocean and upon ^Amaj7sus2our seas fish full of mercury, ^Emaj7Oh, mercy, mercy me. ^C#m7Ah, things ain't what they used to be, no, no, no. ^F#mRadiation underground and in the sky; ^Amaj7sus2animals and birds who live near by are dying. ^Emaj7Oh, mercy, mercy me. ^C#m7Ah, things ain't what they used to be. ^F#mWhat about this over crowded land? ^Amaj7sus2How much more abuse from man can she stand?

(Repeats the verse chords one more time, and then a key change.) Fmaj7 Dm7 Gm Bbmaj7sus2 (And then it rests on that Bbm9 chord pretty much for the rest of the song.)

Marvin Gaye - Mercy mercy me