Solo, played along with same notes one octave up (slow):
e|-6-5---------------------|
B|-----6-5-----------------|
G|---------5-7-------------|
D|-------------8-7---------|
A|-----------------8-7---5-|
E|---------------------8---|
With background arpeggio:
e|--------------------0-------|
B|-------3--------3-----3---3-|
G|---3--------------3-----3---| x4
D|-----3--------3-------------|
A|-1--------------------------|
E|----------------------------|
verse 1BbFm7
Have mercy on a fool like me
CAm7
My eyes were open but I just couldn't see
G#CmCm7CmG7G
The way the world works without honesty, honest-ly, I was blind
verse 2BbFm7
All my heroes have been laid to rest
CAm7
And all my idols I have come to possess
G#CmCm7CmG7G
And I'm still looking for some true happiness in my heart, oh...
Gm7Am7
Nothing here is certain
DmCBb
We chase a shadow of our own dream's design
FGAm7G
And wonder why it takes so lo-ng
FGAm
And wonder just where we went wrong
DmCBb
We hold a candle in the wind to light our way
verse 3BbFm7
Go lightly in your judgement please
CAm7
I didn't know the world was filled with such greed
G#CmCm7CmG7G
I'm only asking let your heart intercede, and I know they still exist
verse 4BbFm7
They say you learn something new every day
CAm7
I want to learn to forget all this dismay
G#CmCm7CmG7G
At finding out the way that some folks play, only they's gonna win...
Gm7Am7
Nothing here is sacred
DmCBb
The golden calf we worshipped has fallen from its shrine
FGAm7G
And left us standing here stranded
FGAm
Our only hope's to abandon
DmCBb
These foolish dreams that we've pursued for far too long
Bb
Have mercy, have mercy ...