Mercury Steve Lacy

Mercury

Steve Lacy

Andrew

128
0:00 4:42
Tuning Standard (E A D G B E)
Beat 6/4
Key: Am
Capo:
No capo
Strumming 1

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[Intro]
Amadd9 G6add9 F#m7b5 E7#9 E7b9 Amadd9 G6add9 F#m7b5 E7#9 E7b9
Amadd9 G6add9 F#m7b5 E7#9 E7b9 Amadd9 G6add9 F#m7b5 E7#9 E7b9
Amadd9 G6add9
F#m7b5 E7#9 E7b9

[Verse 1]
Amadd9 G6add9
Gemini
F#m7b5      E7#9 E7b9      Amadd9 G6add9 F#m7b5 E7#9 E7b9
      I'm a myth and I'm a le__________gend
     Amadd9    G6add9
Whom never wins
F#m7b5    E7#9  E7b9     Amadd9     G6add9
      And might not ever play  again
F#m7b5 E7#9 E7b9     Amadd9    G6add9
                Keep falling in
F#m7b5        E7#9 E7b9     Amadd9     G6add9 F#m7b5 E7#9 E7b9
      Love so fast and back out   again
Amadd9  G6add9 F#m7b5
Speeding
E7#9 E7b9       Amadd9  G6add9
When I   should ease  in
F#m7b5 E7#9 E7b9

[Pre-Chorus]
Amadd9  G6add9  F#m7b5   E7#9 E7b9
Oh,   I know  myself, my sins
Amadd9   G6add9     F#m7b5     E7#9 E7b9
Dug   my pit,  then I     fell in  
Amadd9     G6add9
Pulled the trigger,
F#m7b5        E7#9
killed us both
E7b9 Amadd9 G6add9      F#m7b5        E7#9
     Lesson learned but truth gets old
E7b9 Amadd9            G6add9
     Little of heaven, little unpleasant

[Chorus]
F#m7b5  E7#9  E7b9
      I don't know
Amadd9              G6add9
Little of pleasure, little depression
F#m7b5  E7#9  E7b9
      I don't know
Amadd9           G6add9
ittle of heaven, little unpleasant
F#m7b5  E7#9  E7b9
      I don't know
Amadd9               G6add9              F#m7b5
How   can I tell if? How   can I measure?
     E7#9  E7b9
If I don't know

[Post-Chorus]
Amadd9 G6add9 F#m7b5 E7#9 E7b9 Amadd9 G6add9 F#m7b5 E7#9 E7b9
Amadd9 G6add9 F#m7b5 E7#9 E7b9 Amadd9 G6add9

[Verse 2]
F#m7b5 E7#9
E7b9  Amadd9            G6add9       F#m7b5
    I lookеd up at the ceiling as I draft my I'm so
E7#9 E7b9
sor_ry__ text
Amadd9            G6add9             F#m7b5           E7#9
Don't rеgret the choice I chose but do    regret the mess
E7b9
I   made
  Amadd9
I see   you hurt,
  G6add9             F#m7b5              E7#9 E7b9
I wish  I could just hold  you tight and close
Amadd9                G6add9
Don't need long, just wanna say,
  F#m7b5        E7#9 E7b9
I love  you and miss     you most

[Pre-Chorus]
Amadd9  G6add9  F#m7b5   E7#9 E7b9
Oh,   I know  myself, my skin
Amadd9  G6add9       F#m7b5     E7#9 E7b9
Rolling stones don't crawl back in  
Amadd9  G6add9      F#m7b5   E7#9 E7b9
Daddy's faults fell down  on me  

[Chorus]
Amadd9     G6add9    F#m7b5      E7#9
Break that curse for sweet relief
E7b9 Amadd9            G6add9
     Little of heaven, little unpleasant
F#m7b5  E7#9  E7b9
      I don't know
Amadd9              G6add9
Little of pleasure, little depression
F#m7b5  E7#9  E7b9
      I don't know
Amadd9           G6add9
ittle of heaven, little unpleasant
F#m7b5  E7#9  E7b9
      I don't know
Amadd9               G6add9              F#m7b5
How   can I tell if? How   can I measure?
     E7#9  E7b9
If I don't know

[Post-Chorus]
Amadd9 G6add9 F#m7b5 E7#9 E7b9 Amadd9 G6add9 F#m7b5 E7#9 E7b9
Fmaj7 Am Dm G

[Verse 3]
Fmaj7            Am
Mercury running amuck in my mind
      Dm                     G
Can't tell if I'm winning or falling behind
Fmaj7 Am Dm
G Fmaj7               Am
  Venus in retrograde got me in bed
    Dm                        G
And thinkin' 'bout all of the shit that I said
Fmaj7 Am Dm
G Fmaj7                Am
  Gemini scope give me depth 'til I'm dead
    Dm                      G
But I can't seem to get the fuck out/of my head
      Fmaj7
Well, fuck it,
                Am
I'll just cop a Porsche instead
  Dm                     G
I do as I please and you see where it lead
      Fmaj7                        Am
Guess somethin' bad ain't 'bout to happen to me
    Dm
You think I'm two faced,
      G
I can name twenty three

[Bridge]
Fmaj7 Am Dm     G          Fmaj7
My       layers, all these sides
Am              Dm G        Fmaj7 Am
Could you stick by  for the ride?
       Dm
It's a thrill,
G      Fmaj7      Am          Dm
 and I don't even know how to feel
   G            Fmaj7 Am
It might be too real 
Dm G
   Might be too
Fmaj7 Am Dm      G            Fmaj7     Am
           Real, might be too real, real
Dm
  I said
G
Might be too
Fmaj7
     Might
I said
Am           Dm
Might be too real, real
I
  G            Fmaj7
Excuse me if I lied 

[Outro]
Am         Dm
I forgot I said that
    G              Fmaj7
Can you forgive my tongue?
     Am                Dm
I'll show you where my head at
  G                   Fmaj7
I don't think I'm the one  
    Am              Dm
But I could be your girlfriend
     G             Fmaj7 Am Dm G
'Til retrograde is done 

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