F Bb F
All your Bitterness and Lies Stain like tears in my eyes
Gm F Bb
And a thousand lovesick tunes won’t wash away the wounds In my mind
Gm C
You been seen around you’re a new sensation
Gm C
You got a better deal and you took his invitation
Gm Bb C
You been sitting on his lap and taking his dictation
F Bb C
Oh but Mercy We used to love all day and dry all night
F Bb C
Oh Mercy Jealousy used to whet your appetite
F Bb C
Mercy we were low as dogs and high as kites
Dm Bb
Why must I plead with you darling
Dm Bb
Why must I plead with you darling
Dm F Bb
Why must I plead with You darling
C F Bb F Bb
For what already’s mine
F Bb F
Well my friends are indiscrete and I sing Myself to sleep
Gm F Bb
I don’t mind the red wine or the pick-up lines as long as it’s cheep
Gm C
I ask you what’s what and you say I’m all yours
Gm C
I ask you who your friend is and you said Santa Clause
Gm Bb C
I ask you to come home you say you’re tired of being indoors
F Bb C
Oh Mercy you know you signed on that dotted line
F Bb C
Mercy you signed yours and I signed mine
F Bb C
Oh Mercy you said forever ‘til the end of time
Dm Bb
oh Why must I plead with you darling
Dm Bb
Why must I plead with you darling
Dm F Bb
Oh Why must I plead with You darling
C F
For what already mine
F Bb
I said why must I plead with you darling
C F Bb F Bb F
For what’s already mine
Gm C Dm F Bb
Solo begins over
F Bb F Bb Gm F D Bb F Bb C F Bb
fade F Bb etc