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{title: Mercy} {artist: Duffy} {time: 4/4} {tempo: 130} {key: G} {meta: author Frans-Willem Post, 2026-05-06} {start_of_part: Intro} [G]yeah, yeah, yeah [G]yeah, yeah, yeah [G]yeah, yeah, yeah [G] yeah, yeah, yeah [Dmsus4] [C] [G] {end_of_part} {start_of_verse: Verse 1} I love [G]you but I gotta stay true my moral's got me on my knees, I'm begging please, stop playing games {end_of_verse} {start_of_part: Pre-chorus} I don't know what this [Dmsus4]is but you got me [C]good just like you knew you [G]would I don't know what you [Dmsus4]do but you do it [C]well I'm under your [G]spell {end_of_part} {start_of_chorus: Chorus 1} you got me begging you for [G]mercy, why won't you release me? you got me begging you for [C]mercy, why won't you re[G]lease me? I said re[Dmsus4]lea-----[C]--se [G]me {end_of_chorus} {start_of_verse: Verse 2} now you think that [G]I will be something on the side but you got to understand that I need a man who can take my hand, yes I do {end_of_verse} {start_of_part: Pre-chorus} I don't know what this [Dmsus4]is but you got me [C]good just like you knew you [G]would I don't know what you [Dmsus4]do but you do it [C]well I'm under your [G]spell {end_of_part} {chorus: Chorus 2} {start_of_part: Intermezzo} [G] I'm begging you for mercy, just why won't you release me? I'm begging you for mercy, you got me begging, you got me begging you got me begging {end_of_part} {chorus: Chorus 3 (x2)} {start_of_part: Outtro} [G] {end_of_part}