Lirik dan Chord Lagu Mercy - Duffy

JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - "Mercy" merupakan lagu terpopuler milik penyanyi asal Wales, Duffy.

Lagu ini menjadi singel keduanya dari album debut Rockferry yang keluar pada 2008 lalu.

Ketenaran lagu ini membuat Duffy masuk dalam beberapa nominasi penghargaan termasuk Grammy Award kategori Best Female Pop Vocal Performance dan memenangkan Song of the Year dari MOJO Awards.

Pada 2012, grup asuhan SM Entertainment, Girls' Generation menyanyikan kembali lagu ini dengan judul lagu "Dancing Queen".

Simak lirik dan chord lagu "Mercy" oleh Duffy.

[Intro]
E
Hit the beat and take it to the verse, now
E
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah
E
Yeah, yeah, yeah
                           B7 A E
Yeah, yeah, yeah

[Verse 1]
      E
I love you

But I gotta stay true
                                        E
My morals got me on my knees

I'm begging, please

Stop playing games

[Pre-Chorus]
E                                   B7                            A
I don't know what this is, but you got me good
                                      E
Just like you knew you would
E                                     B7                      A
I don't know what you do, but you do it well
                         E
I'm under your spell

[Chorus]
                                          E
You got me begging you for mercy (Yeah, yeah, yeah)

Why won't you release me? (Yeah, yeah, yeah)
                                               A
You got me begging you for mercy (Yeah, yeah, yeah)
                            E
Why won't you release me? (Yeah, yeah, yeah)
           B7 A   E
I said release me (Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)

[Verse 2]
                              E
Now you think that I

Will be something on the side
                           E
But you got to understand that I need a man

Who can take my hand, yes I do

[Ulangi Pre-Chorus dan Chorus]

[Bridge/Rap] (tanpa chord)
I'm begging you for mercy
(You look at me and think we're the same kind
'Cause you don't know what I got and)
Just why won't you release me?
(I'm gonna get more than I'm asking for
But I just don't want to waste my time)
I'm begging you for mercy
(You know that I'll be the other girl
Just like there's nothing in this world)
You got me begging
(I know that I'm gonna get me some
I just don't know where to get it from)
You got me begging
You got me begging

[Outro]
                              E
(Yeah, yeah, yeah) Mercy, why won't you release me?

(Yeah, yeah, yeah)
                                  A
I'm begging you for mercy (Yeah, yeah, yeah)
                            E
Why won't you release me? (Yeah, yeah, yeah)
                                            B7 A E
You got me begging you for mercy, yeah
(Yeah, yeah, yeah)
                                     E
I'm begging you for mercy (Mercy, mercy, show me some mercy)
  
I'm begging you for mercy (Mercy, mercy, show me some mercy)
                                  A
I'm begging you for mercy (Mercy, mercy, show me some mercy)
                                 E
I'm begging you for mercy (Show me some mercy, show me some mercy)
                         B7 A   E
Why won't you release me?

Yeah, yeah, break it down
E
Mercy, show me some mercy

You got me begging

Begging you for mercy

You got me begging

Down on my knees, I beg

You got me begging

Begging you for mercy

You got me begging