Key: B
Introduction:
Bb Fm7
Have mercy on a fool like me
C Am7
My eyes were open but I just couldn't see
G# Cm Cm7 Cm G7 G
The way the world works without honesty, honest-ly, I was blind
verse 2
Bb Fm7
All my heroes have been laid to rest
C Am7
And all my idols I have come to possess
G# Cm Cm7 Cm G7 G
And I'm still looking for some true happiness in my heart, oh...
Gm7 Am7
Nothing here is certain
Dm C Bb
We chase a shadow of our own dream's design
F G Am7 G
And wonder why it takes so lo-ng
F G Am
And wonder just where we went wrong
Dm C Bb
We hold a candle in the wind to light our way
verse 3
C Am7
I didn't know the world was filled with such greed
G# Cm Cm7 Cm G7 G
I'm only asking let your heart intercede, and I know they still exist
verse 4
Bb Fm7
They say you learn something new every day
C Am7
I want to learn to forget all this dismay
G# Cm Cm7 Cm G7 G
At finding out the way that some folks play, only they's gonna win...
Gm7 Am7
Nothing here is sacred
Dm C Bb
The golden calf we worshipped has fallen from its shrine
F G Am7 G
And left us standing here stranded
F G Am
Our only hope's to abandon
Dm C Bb
These foolish dreams that we've pursued for far too long
Bb
Have mercy, have mercy ...