Chords for Ben Harper & Charlie Musselwhite 'No Mercy In This Land' Mini-Doc

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_ _ _ _ _ It had to be done.
There's just too much open road for Charlie and I.
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_ _ Music _ _ _ _
_ [C] was just [E] like wild horses [G] breaking out of a [A] corral.
The music was waiting to get out. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ What's [D] changed since the first album, we're that [G] much [A] further into our connection and [Em] our friendship.
_ [G] And that's had time to solidify [A] in a way that I could have never dreamed.
It's like family.
_ _ The friendship, which is _ [D] really important to play together [G] musically [F] and share our musical
ideas because [Em] they're coming from our [G] hearts, not [A] just from our heads.
This is really [D] soulful [A] music.
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[Em] It just felt like [D] there was [E] too much [A] left to be said still between the two of us.
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It's nice to be able to work with somebody who understands what you want to say and we
can do it [B] together.
[Am] _ _ [B] [N] Sometimes I make [B] choices, [Am] _ _ [B] _ sometimes they make me.
[A] _ _ [B] _ Lonesome distance between [A] here _ [Bm] and where you think I should be.
_ [A] _ [E] _ [B] It's a natural place for my musical and [E] creative instinct.
I feel as much or [G] more at home playing with Charlie than anyone I've ever played with
in my life.
[N] The blues I write is born to be played with Charlie. _ _ _
[F#] _ [F#m] Tonight the [E] _ [Am] bottle, _
[B] the bottle wins again.
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Blues is always going to be here because it's [G]
about life and about [B] people.
When blues is doing what it's supposed to [A] do, [Bm] it's a mirror, [F#] not only to yourself, [Bm] but
to the culture and times you're living.
I say it's your comforter when you're down [F#m] and it's your good buddy [A] when you're up.
It's [Bm] always there [F#] for you.
Blues music is [D] food for the heart and [B] soul.
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_ [E] _ _ [Bm] _ _ He's already the greatest living harmonica player [B] and he's just getting better.
So [D] I get to [F#m] witness [E] his growth and it's inspiring [F#m] to me [D] because there comes a time [B] when you
go, okay, where do I go from here?
And Charlie's [A] proof that you can [B] evolve as a musician throughout your entire life [A] without
having [B] to press rewind. _ _
[A] _ _ [B] _ _ _ [Em] I've always shied away from [G#] saying music is autobiographical because then it [N] gives out
too much, but _ how [C] can it not be? _ _ _
_ These days I [A#] speak in [C] whispers, travel [F] only [C] to and from.
Come close, [Gm] you'll see the [C] red of a [F] well [C]-bidden tongue.
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[F] _ _ [Cm] This album is personal on many levels.
[C] I mean, I had to deal with [F] the murder of my [E] mother _ and _ Ben wrote a verse about that.
And it feels good to me to be able to address that.
I don't want to like tamp it down like it never happened.
[N] I want to be able to talk about it and put the sunshine on it so it doesn't fester in
the back of [C] my mind.
Father left us _ [F] down here [Fm] all [C] alone.
_ [A#] _ [C] My poor mother _ [F] is under a [C] stone. _ _ _
With a naked heart _ [Cm] and [F] trembling [C] hands.
_ _ [A#] Is there [A] no mercy [C] in this land? _ _ _ _
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_ _ The whole band [F] has this rapport that is [C] obvious when you hear the music.
_ What is it about our connection and how [F] it's grown in our friendship?
[C] I think you can only hear that by pressing [D#] play.
I think this album has a lot of [F]
depth, [C] a lot of feeling, [A#] _ and it can [Am] be fun at the same [C] time.
I think everybody will find something in it that means something to them and it'll resonate
[A#] with their hearts like [C] it resonates with us. _ _
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