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[Verse 1]
C
/ It’s as bad as it has / been,
D G G/F# Em7 C D
For over / 20 years but / then I haven’t been here all my / life
G C
/ And all the wells are going / dry
D G G/F# Em7 C D G
All the bankers saying / “bye-bye, Mr. Gray we’re glad we / met but no money / yet.”
[Chorus]
D C G
If I / show my hands would you / watch them bleed?
D C Em7 Am7 Am D G
/ Long enough to / prove they are in - /deed / / in need of / mercy / /
[Verse 2]
G C
/ Dawn always / breaks the noonday / high
D G
Shade rarely / offers ali - / bi
G/F# Em7 C D G
Or decent / rest for such a / man. / If I think, I / can
C D
Try / harder some might / say that I’m / smarter
G G/F# Em7 C D G
But only / God knows / only God knows who I / am
[Chorus]
D C G
If I / show my hands would you / watch them bleed?
D C Em7 Am7 Am D G
/ Long enough to / prove they are in - /deed / / in need of / mercy / /
[Bridge]
C D G G/F# Em7
/ I try to laugh about it / I try not to cry about it
C D G C D
/ Mamma always hates it when I / cry / /What will it take to convince
G G/F# Em7 C D G
/ This is just the road to excellence / Faith before the skeptic’s / eye
[Chorus]
D C G
If I / show my hands would you / watch them bleed?
D C Em7 Am7 Am D G
/ Long enough to / prove they are in - /deed / / in need of / mercy / /
[Outro]
G
/I need your mercy me /I need your mercy, mercy me / / /
