How to Play Mercy on Guitar?

Lewis Capaldi - Mercy can be played in the key of F# using the F#, D#m, C#, B chords. For F#, To play F# | Gb, press fret 2 on the low E string with finger 3, press fret 1 on the A string with finger 2, press fret 2 on the B string with finger 3, press fret 2 on the high E string with finger 3, mute D, G. For D#m, To play D#m | Ebm, barre fret 1 from the A string to the D string with finger 1, press fret 2 on the low E string with finger 2, press fret 2 on the high E string with finger 2, mute G, B. For C#, To play C# | Db, press fret 1 on the low E string with finger 2, press fret 1 on the G string with finger 2, press fret 2 on the B string with finger 3, press fret 1 on the high E string with finger 2, mute A, D. For B, To play B, press fret 2 on the low E string with finger 3, press fret 2 on the A string with finger 3, press fret 1 on the D string with finger 2, press fret 2 on the high E string with finger 3, let B ring open, mute G. Barre: Use your index finger to press multiple strings on the same fret, keeping your finger flat. You can play Mercy with the ↓-↓↑-↓↑-↓↑ strumming pattern.

Lewis Capaldi - Mercy Chords

Chord reference F#, D#m, C#, B

Rhythm tips ↓-↓↑-↓↑-↓↑

[F#]For every second you’ve been talking [D#m]I’ve been trying to count the lines [C#]around your face [F#]Cause I don’t know if I’ll ever be this close again [D#m]

I [C#]feel like I’m just [F#]wasting time before you pull the trigger It’s the [D#m]drawing of the line it’s my ghost you’re going to [C#]give up Got your [F#]made up mind it hurts to see you’re alright [D#m]When I’m not alright, [C#]so if you’re calling it a night

[B]Oh please have, have mercy [F#]Have mercy on [C#]me, you’re breaking my [B]heart (Oh please have, have mercy) [F#]Have mercy on [C#]me, I’m falling [B]apart Have mercy, my heart

[F#]I felt you slip away so slowly [D#m]I lost my grip a little more each [C#]time we touched [F#]I’ve got no hope I guess ill never get it back again [D#m]

[C#]Felt like I was just [F#]wasting time before you pulled the trigger It’s the [D#m]drawing of the line it’s my ghost you’re going to [C#]give up Got your [F#]made up mind it hurts to see you’re alright [D#m]When I’m not alright, [C#]so if you’re calling it a night

[B]Oh please have, have mercy [F#]Have mercy on [C#]me, you’re breaking my [B]heart

(Oh please have, have mercy) [F#]Have mercy on [C#]me, I’m falling [B]apart And I just don’t know how we [D#m]got, so [C#]wrong, for so [B]long (Oh please have, have mercy) [F#]Have mercy on [C#]me, mercy my [B]heart

Somehow I [B]can’t let go But I know I’ve been holding [F#]on too [C#]long Somehow I [B]can’t let go But I know I’ve been holding [F#]on too [C#]long

[B]Oh please have, have mercy [F#]Have mercy on [C#]me, you’re breaking my [B]heart

Artist Lewis Capaldi

Album Bloom EP

Genres Alternative, Indie

Year 2017

Key F#

Lewis Capaldi - Mercy can be played in the key of F# using the F#, D#m, C#, B chords.

For F#, To play F# | Gb, press fret 2 on the low E string with finger 3, press fret 1 on the A string with finger 2, press fret 2 on the B string with finger 3, press fret 2 on the high E string with finger 3, mute D, G.
For D#m, To play D#m | Ebm, barre fret 1 from the A string to the D string with finger 1, press fret 2 on the low E string with finger 2, press fret 2 on the high E string with finger 2, mute G, B.
For C#, To play C# | Db, press fret 1 on the low E string with finger 2, press fret 1 on the G string with finger 2, press fret 2 on the B string with finger 3, press fret 1 on the high E string with finger 2, mute A, D.
For B, To play B, press fret 2 on the low E string with finger 3, press fret 2 on the A string with finger 3, press fret 1 on the D string with finger 2, press fret 2 on the high E string with finger 3, let B ring open, mute G.

Barre: Use your index finger to press multiple strings on the same fret, keeping your finger flat.

You can play Mercy with the ↓-↓↑-↓↑-↓↑ strumming pattern.