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[Verse]
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Our dear daddy left us when we was quite young
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He said lord have mercy on my daughter and my wicked son
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Raised by my friends, guess I’m on the road again
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The one he said would lead me to a dark heaven-less end
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So lord have mercy on my soul
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Lord have mercy I don’t know which way to go
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Which way to turn oh I don’t know
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Lord have mercy on my good for nothing soul
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My papa weren’t no preacher still he spread that word of yours
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To make up for all the sinning and rebelling without a cause
 C                      B
Back when he was young way too young to know
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The word of God would touch him tell him he’s a Rolling Stone
              Am           Em
So lord have mercy on his soul
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Lord have mercy whichever way that he rolls
          Am
Too old to learn
          Em
Too dumb to know
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Its a sin to turn your back on the oats that you have sown

[Hook]
           Am   F
Lord have mercy
           Am   F
Lord have mercy
           Am   F
Lord have mercy
           Am   F
Lord have mercy

[Verse 2]
Am                            F
  Oh God I love you and I’m grateful for my life
          Am                                 F
Yes I’m grateful that you blessed me with a daughter and a wife
    Am                                F
But I don’t believe my daddy when he says I’ll burn in hell
      Am                                 F
Cause I don’t go to church live by the stories that he tells
             Am                G
But if I’m wrong and the self righteous one is right
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Blame the devil for my lucidness forgive me for my stupidness
      Am          F
Have mercy on my soul
           Am                              F
Lord have mercy I don’t know which way to go
           Am               F
But I can learn, give me a try
                  Am                        F
Just please have mercy if I don’t before I die

[Hook]
           Am   F
Lord have mercy
           Am   F
Lord have mercy
           Am   F
Lord have mercy
           Am   F
Lord have mercy

Am
 Hallelujah, halle-halle-lujah
 Em
Big drop in the ocean
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 Hallelujah, halle-halle-lujah
 Dm
Following the motion
Am
 Hallelujah, halle-halle-lujah
 Em
Big drop in the ocean
F
 Hallelujah, halle-halle-lujah
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Following the motion

[Verse 3]
        Am                Em
If I’m mistaken tell me why
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If I’m forsaken take away these tears I cry
               Am                Em
For the non-believers I hold so dear
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Because they helped me in my life when things weren’t clear
             Am                            Em
I thought you sent them but if that ain't right
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Then lord have mercy on my skewed and wayward mind
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I said I thought you sent them to be my guides
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Thought the way you works mysterious but if I’m just delirious


       Am  B        F   Am
Have mercy   on my soul
           Am   B            F                Am
Lord have mercy    I don’t know which way to go
           Am     B
Lord have mercy on my soul

(Big drop in the ocean)
           F                              Am
Lord have mercy I don’t know which way to go

(following the motion)
             Am          B
I said have mercy on my soul

(Big drop in the ocean)
            F                           Am
Lord have mercy on my good for nothing soul

(Following the motion)

[Hook]
           Am    B
Lord have mercy…

(Big drop in the ocean)
           F    Am
Lord have mercy

(Following the motion)
           Am    B
Lord have mercy

(Big drop in the ocean)
           F    Am
Lord have mercy

(Following the motion)

[Outro]
Am Em                        F  Dm
     On my good for nothing soul
Am Em                        F  Dm
     On my good for nothing soul
Am Em                        F  Dm
     On my good for nothing soul
Am Em                        F  Am
     On my good for nothing soul