Arm’s Length – Playing Mercy Chords on Piano & Ukulele

Arm’s Length – Playing Mercy Chords on Piano & Ukulele

ChordsGDABmEmC#

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[Intro]
G D G A Bm
G D A


[Verse 1]
G           D
Explain the paranormal
        G       A
Or just tell me what
    Bm
you saw
              G
You're having dreams
about the
D              A
silhouettes you draw
    Bm
And you're still
 A      G
laying low
G           D
But you are hardly
 missing
G  A        Bm
anything at all
              G
It's like the fear
of missing
A
out has met its
Bm
match
When you're
what's
A
missing

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[Chorus]
G          D
I spent my best
years
        G
playing mercy
A         Bm
with your ghost
             G
You'll never beat
me but you're
D             A
getting really close
           Bm
And you're crushing
A     G
up my pills
       D      A
I'm scared to swallow
(I slow the speed
   Bm
of sound,
       A
coming from your
G
mouth)
        D    A
But I always choke
        Bm     A
And you beg to differ



[Verse 2]
G            D
 I matched my breath
with your breath
  G     A        Bm
I do it just for fun
              G
You'd like to think
I'm counting
D             A
Each and every one
      Bm      A
But I lost my focus



[Pre-chorus]
G           D
 You call my name
       A
With a tin can on
  G
a string
                 D
You can count on me
    A
But fuck, who's
counting?
G           D
 You always said
         A
You'd be crying if
you could
G                D
 I knew what you meant
    A
But I still wish you
would
(I still wish you
would)

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[Chorus]
G          D
I spent my best years
 playing
G     A         Bm
mercy with your ghost
             G
You'll never beat me
 but you're
 D             A
 getting really close
           Bm
And you're crushing
A    G
up my pills
       D      A
I'm scared to swallow

(I slow the speed
   Bm
of sound,
         A
 coming from
      G
your mouth)
        D    A
But I always choke
        Bm      A
And you beg to differ



[Bridge]
Bm
If I knew half the
things you know
G
I'd never shut the
         D
f**k up, oh
You only slept right
       A
in the cold
Shoot for the sky
              Bm
until someone goes
I wrote it down so
      G
I'd remember
              D
I need to write my
              D
thoughts down more
But I can barely
read
            A
my own damn writing
I've always rathered
        Em
reading you
I've always
rathered
        G
reading yours



[Verse 3]
G
Begged them to
D
burn your body
     G      A
They buried you
  Bm
instead
         G
Said you couldn't
tell the
D
difference when
      A
you're dead

[Outro]
        G   D
When I'm scared
    A
 to swallow
         G
Where you go,
D     A
 I'll follow
I'll follow
D  C# Bm A G

How to play Playing Mercy: key, chords and progression

Playing Mercy by Arm’s Length is in the key of D major (two sharps: F♯, C♯). The song uses 6 chords: G, D, A, Bm, Em and C#.

The progression the song keeps returning to is A – G – D – A (V – IV – I – V in D major). In solfa, that is soh – fah – doh – soh. Learn these 4 changes first and most of the song falls into place.

Easier on guitar: put a capo on the 7th fret and play the shapes C, G, D, Em, Am, F# (83% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 67% without a capo). It sounds exactly the same.

Chord diagrams

G chord on guitar (320003)
GG B D
D chord on guitar (xx0232)
DD F♯ A
A chord on guitar (x02220)
AA C♯ E
Bm chord on guitar (x24432)
BmB D F♯
Em chord on guitar (022000)
EmE G B
C# chord on guitar (x46664)
C♯C♯ E♯ G♯

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Playing Mercy chords: questions

What key is Playing Mercy in?

Playing Mercy by Arm’s Length is in the key of D major (two sharps: F♯, C♯).

What chords are in Playing Mercy?

Playing Mercy uses 6 chords: G, D, A, Bm, Em, C#.

What is the chord progression of Playing Mercy?

The main progression is A – G – D – A (V – IV – I – V).

Is Playing Mercy easy to play on guitar?

Yes, with a capo: put a capo on the 7th fret and play the shapes C, G, D, Em, Am, F# (83% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 67% without a capo).

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