"Mercy of Love" is track 3 from Candice's album "It's Always the Innocent Ones" released in 2007.
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Chords used:
E - 023100
F - 134211 fret : 1
G - 210034
C - x32010
Em - 023000
D - xx0132
Am - x02310
*The intro is also played through the verses. Except for only a couple changes.*
Strumming the Intro :
E is strummed twice DOWN then strummed(DOWN UP UP DOWN UP DOWN) really fast
F is strummed twice DOWN
G is strummed (DOWN UP UP DOWN UP DOWN) really fast
Then repeat.
Intro: E--------F--G------E--------F--G------
[Verse 1:]
E F
Hunted down, now I´m your prey
G E
I should last you a couple of days
E G F (Strum G twice and F once on this line)
It won´t be long until you´re through
E F
One smile and you got me trapped
G E
I´m falling and I can´t hold back
E G F (Strum G twice and F once on this line)
Another déjà vu, It´s nothing new
Strum E (DOWN DOWN)Palm mute. (DOWN DOWN DOWN --Leads straight into C)
[Chorus:]
C G
It´s my reality
Em
That´s staring back at me
C G
How can it feel so right
Em
When I know that it´s wrong
C G
So close and yet so far
D Em
I´m guilty as charged
C
So lock me up
G Em (Strum Em (DOWN DOWN DOWN DOWN UP DOWN)
'Cause I´m at the mercy of love
[Interlude:]Em (strummed DOWN twice)
[Verse 2:]
E F
So tell me what it´s gonna take
G E
'Till I learn from my favorite mistake
E G F (Strum G twice and F once on this line)
I´m twisted up, won´t come undone
E F
Be my apple, I´m your Eve
G E
What a tangled web we weave
E G F (Strum G twice and F once on this line)
Can´t fight it, now the battles won
Strum E (DOWN DOWN)Palm mute. (DOWN DOWN DOWN --Leads straight into C)
[Chorus:]
C G
It´s my reality
Em
That´s staring back at me
C G
How can it feel so right
Em
When I know that it´s wrong
C G
So close and yet so far
D Em
I´m guilty as charged
C
So lock me up
G Am (Strum Am DOWN once and let it ring out)
'Cause I´m at the mercy of love
[Bridge:]
C Am C
I've fallen, so far, with you
[Solo:]
E is strummed twice DOWN then strummed(DOWN UP UP DOWN UP DOWN) really fast
Dm is strummed twice DOWN
G is strummed (DOWN UP UP DOWN UP DOWN) really fast
E is strummed twice DOWN then strummed(DOWN UP UP DOWN UP DOWN) really fast
F is strummed twice DOWN
G is strummed (DOWN UP UP DOWN UP DOWN) really fast
[Chorus:]
C G
It´s my reality
Em
That´s staring back at me
C G
How can it feel so right
Em
When I know that it´s wrong
C G
So close and yet so far
D Em
I´m guilty as charged
C
So lock me up
G Em (Strum Em (DOWN DOWN DOWN DOWN UP DOWN)
'Cause I´m at the mercy of love
[Outro:]
Em is strummed (DOWN DOWN DOWN UP UP)
Em
the mercy of love
Repeat Em a couple more times and you could either palm mute a strum of Em to end
it or fade out slowly.
:)