Chords for Sturgill Simpson - Mercury In Retrograde (Official Audio)

[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .
_ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ .
I [E] got a paper cut in Norway, [A].
when all the weight started pulling [E] me down.
_ _ .
Smelling like a bottle all wet and [B] gone.
Ain't no way to tell.
_ .
[E] But soon as I chopped it all off, [A] it just grew back thick and [E] round.
I keep sucking _ on the thread, hoping [B] it all might come [E] _ _ unraveled.
I keep trying to throw it all away, [Abm] but it comes right [E] back around.
_ _ .
_ _ _ They come _ backstage and on my bus, [A] _ pretending to be [E] my friend.
_ _ Shaking hands, hungry and stans, [B] all wearing the same old grin.
But [E] none of them bother knocking.
_ [A] They all just come [E] on in, _ _ asking me what all my songs mean.
[B] Wondering if they're all [E] about him.
_ [B] Mercury must [A] be my choking [E] pin.
_ _ _ .
_ _ _ [B] But at least it's not [A] just hanging out, [E] sharing with my friends.
_ [A] Oh, the hell's paid with full [E] intention.
_ _ .
_ If it's not you, it'll be you.
It's gonna [B] be a divine _ .
[E] invention.
_ _ _ _ _ [A] _ .
[Em] _ _ [A] _ _ [E] _ _ [A] _ _ .
[E] _ _ [A] _ _ [E] Living the dream makes a man wanna scream.
[A] Light a match and burn it [E] all down.
_ Head back home to the mountains, _ [B] far away from all the folks.
[D] But [E] all the journalists and sycophants building their brands.
And [A] all the traveling trophies [E] and award show stands.
And all the haters wishing they was in my [B] band.
Sorry boys, my [A] bus is [E] plumb full.
_ [B] Mercury must be [A] my choking [E] pin.
_ _ _ .
_ _ _ [B] But at least it's not [A] just hanging out, _ [E] sharing with my friends.
_ [A] Oh, the _ hell's paid with full [E] intention.
_ _ .
_ If it's not you, it'll be you.
_ It's gonna [B] be a divine _ .
[E] invention.
_ _ _ _ _ _ .
[Abm] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ .
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ .
[E] _ _ _ _ [A] And there's nothing really outside this _ [E] hotel room.
_ _ _ _ But [A] another room, let alone _ [E] me.
_ .
_ _ _ _ _ [A] The world is almost [Gbm] _ over.
And I'll be home soon.
_ [A] And it's all been done a few [B] times [E] anyway.
_ _ .
_ _ _ _ Mercury [B] must [A] be my choking [E] pin.
_ .
_ _ _ _ But [B] at least it's not just [A] hanging out, [E] sharing with my friends.
_ [A] Oh, the _ hell's paid with full [E] intention.
_ .
_ _ _ If it's not you, it'll be you.
It's gonna [B] be a divine [E] invention.
_ _ _ _ _ _ .
[A] _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .
_ _ _ [A] _ _ [E] _ _ _ .
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