Chords for Rick Ruskin Death Don't Have No Mercy

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_ I was very fortunate when I was 15 years old, _ I was _ able to spend a lot of time with _ [E] Reverend Gary Davis.
_ [C] _ _ [G] _ He became [Gm]
not just a teacher, but he [Eb] became a very [C] good friend.
_ [G] _ He [F] actually [E] invited me into his house to [Eb] live for a little while, which [C] I [G] did.
And then he invited me again.
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_ _ [Em] Back then when you were a kid, I was [E] really enamored of all the [Eb] fancy guitar stuff that he did, [Db] the instrumental.
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_ In hindsight, _ [Ab] he [Em] wrote some beautiful songs.
_ _ _ _ This _ [E] _ is, I think, [Bb] my favorite.
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[Em] _ [D] _ [Em] _ _ [A] _ [G] _ [A] Look in [G] the bed, [D] _ [C] somebody to go, [A] _ _ [Em]
death [C] don't [G] have no mercy.
_ [B] [Eb] In [Em] this place, _ [Bm] _ [Am] _ [Em] _ _ [G] _ [E] it leaves you [C] standing [G] in the [A] night.
[B] _ [G] In this life, _ _ _ _ [A] _ [G] it leaves [E] you standing [A] and crying.
[D] _ _ [G] In this life, _ _ [B] _ _ you [Em] just come [D] your [Em] way.
Time won't stay long.
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Look in the [G] bed, [A] _ [Bm] somebody to go.
[C] _ [D] [Em] It leaves [C] you standing [G] in the night.
[Em] In this life, [G] _ [Gm] _ [E] _ [G] _ _ it won't give you [C] time to get ready.
_ [G] _ In this land, _ _ _ _ _ it don't give you [E] time [A] to get ready.
[D] _ [Em] In this land, [G] _ _ [D] _ [B] _ _ [Em] you [D] just come to your [Em] [D] house.
Won't [G] stay [A] long.
[G] _ [A] [C] You look in the [D] bed, [C] your father be gone.
[D] _ [Em] Don't give you [Cm] time to get [G] ready.
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[G] Death _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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[B] _ [C] _ _ [G] _ [Em] _ _ [C] _ [Em] _
_ [B] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ don't [C] take no vacation.
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_ In this land, _ _ _ [Em] _
_ _ [G] death [E] don't take no [A] vacation.
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[C] In this land, [G] _ _ [D] _ [B] _ _
[Am] just [D] come to your [Em] house.
Won't stay [A] long.
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You look in the [Am] bed, maybe your mother [Bm] be gone.
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[D] [Em] Because death don't [C] take no [G] vacation.
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[G] In this land, _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _
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_ [B] _ _ [Eb] _ _ [E] come to your [G] house.
Won't stay [Bm] long.
[E] _ [Em] You look in the bed, [C]
everybody be gone.
[D] Because [Em] death [C] don't have no [G] mercy.
_ In this land. _ _ _
[Bm] _ [Em] Because death [C] don't have [Em] no mercy.
_ [B] _ [Em] In this land.
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