Lord Have Mercy Chords by Trip Lee

[Bbm] _ _ [C] _ _ [Db] _ _ [C] _ _
[Db] _ _ [C] _ _ [Db] _ [Bbm] _ [Fm] Uh, bone center like biggie, maybe cold.
[Db] If you pitch a pitch black, you [C] can peer into my soul.
[Db] Angels rally crying, [Cm] ain't no penance for [C] my roles.
[Db] I don't want to face a sentence, [Cm] but it's clear I'm [Fm] getting cold.
I cry every time I think I'm on the way up.
[Bbm] All the wicked stuff [Fm] I'm plotting, make it stay up.
It's like I ain't in control of my soul.
[G] Doing good is hard labor, [C] but evil's like a layup.
[Db] Mama ain't raised me wrong.
Partner, I ain't popping pistols till your brain is blown.
Still, I know my list of sins is getting way too long.
If only God can judge me, what lawyer gonna take me on?
Take me on.
[G] I'm [Cm] a man, I'm [Eb] a man.
[Db] I ain't [Cm] perfect, but he understands, understand.
[Db] [Bbm] Hope he do, [Fm] because I got bigger plans.
[Db] Time is money, but days are [Ab] 100 grand, 100 grand.
[Db] Lord, [Eb] Lord, Lord, have mercy.
[Db] Oh my Lord, [Bb] Lord, Lord, have mercy.
Lord, [F] Lord, [Bb] have mercy.
[Db] Oh [F] my Lord, Lord, Lord, [Eb] have mercy.
[Db] The vine been dry, dust ain't clear.
Choppers rang out, brown and fierce.
Kill or be killed, roll up and get smoked.
Smile at your face, look at each other's thoughts.
How I know he may be a black man with all black clothes.
Black coffee, black in that on all my flows.
The world is black, a problem [C] here for all my pros.
[Db] And why they trying to put a [C] tag on all our toes?
Black fist [Db] on a pig sticking out my throat.
He made me black and put his image on my soul.
They thought our fight was finished in 1964.
New specifics, same heart, same issues unfold.
_ [Cm] I'm a man, [Db] I'm a man.
I ain't [Gm] perfect, but he understands, understand.
[Db] Hope he do, [Cm] because I got bigger plans.
[Db] Time is money, but days are [Ab] 100 grand, 100 grand.
[Db] Lord, [Cm] Lord, Lord, [Gb] have mercy.
[Fm] Oh my Lord, Lord, have mercy.
Lord, Lord, Lord, [F] have mercy.
Oh my Lord, [Eb] Lord, have mercy.
[Bbm] _ _ [Eb] _ [Bbm] Hold up, _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ [Gb] _
_ can't wait till it'll change.
Hold up, hope my waiting ain't a pain.
[Ab] Hold up, [Bbm] but I gotta try and [Ab] hold up.
Can't survive if I can't get [A] with the vibe.
[Gb] Hold up, every single moment.
We got demons weighing heavy.
Heaven, I've been waiting on it.
[Eb] [Bbm] Only time we ain't divided is when we rolling.
[Ab] But he died, [Db] the recruiters [Fm] made the promise [Am] of home.
[Gb] Tell him that I'm on the way, bro, change the zones.
And I'ma get there any day, bro, wait up [Ab] for me.
Don't know what to [Bbm] say, but [C] I don't wanna be vague.
[Fm] Don't wanna get [Eb] what I deserve, I want my dirt in the [Gb] grave.
Hope it's hard to hold when you're facing doom.
Hard to swallow when your stomach's like a vacant [Ab] room.
Homeward for the [Bbm] place of peace, please take me [Fm] soon.
[Db] Till then, [Fm] I'll be praising [Am] in the waiting