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Tuning: G C E A
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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: soprano C / baritone G
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CHORDS
g-C-E-A d-G-B-E
G#add9 3-3-4-3 1-3-1-4
Aadd9 4-1-0-0 2-2-0-0 or 2-4-2-0
Emaj7 1-3-0-2 1-1-0-0 or 1-4-4-4
C#m7 1-1-0-2 2-4-2-4
F#m7 2-4-2-4 2-2-2-2
Aadd9 4-1-0-0 2-2-0-0- or 2-4-2-0
Fmaj7 2-4-1-0 3-2-1-0
Dm7 2-2-1-3 0-2-1-1
Gm7 0-2-1-1 4-4-4-4
Bbsus2 3-0-1-1 0-3-1-1
Bbm9 1-1-1-3 6-6-6-8
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[Intro]
| G#add9 | % | Aadd9 | % |
[Verse] 1
WoEmaj7o ah, mercy mercy me
C#m7 Ah things ain't what they used to be, nF#m7o no
Where did F#m7all the blue skies go?
Aadd9 [ Emaj7 ]
Poison is the wind that blows from the north and south and east
[Verse] 2
Emaj7 Woo mercy, mercy me
C#m7 Ah things ain't what they used to be, noF#m7 no
Oil wasted on the ocean and uAadd9pon our seas, fish full of mercury
[Verse] 3
A-Emaj7ah oh mercy, mercy me
C#m7 Ah things ain't what they used to be, nF#m7o no
Radiation underground and in the Aadd9sky
[ Emaj7 ]
Animals and birds who live nearby are dying
[Verse] 4
Emaj7 Oh mercy, mercy me
C#m7 Ah things ain't what they uF#m7-sed to be
What about this overcAadd9rowded land
Aadd9 [ Emaj7 ]
How much more abuse from man can she stand?
[Verse] (vocals ad lib))
| Emaj7 | % | C#m7 | % |
| F#m7 | % | Aadd9 | % |
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 | % | Bbsus2 | % |
[Coda]
| Bbm9 | % | % | % |
| Bbm9 | % | % | % |
| Bbm9 | % | % | % | Bbm9
[break and orchestral coda]