[Intro] C C Bb Am C C Bb7 Am7 [Verse] C I got turned around in some little town Bb Am I'd never been to before C Working my way through a middle-of-June Bb Am7 Midnight thunderstorm C There was something in the headlights Bb Am It stopped me on a dime C Well, she was scared to death, so I said Bb Am Climb in and then she climbed C Bb Am Ohh, ohh ohh yeah [Verse] C Well, she was bruised and broke from head to toe Bb With a tear in Am her blood-stained shirt C She didn't tell the whole truth but she didn't have to Bb Am7 I knew what had happened to her C I didn't load her down with questions Bb Am That girl had been through enough C I just threw it in drive, looked in those eyes Bb Am7 And I asked her where he was
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[Chorus] C I don't know if he's an angel Bb F 'Cause angels don't do what he did C He was hellbent to find the man behind Bb F All the whiskey scars I hid C I never thought my day of justice Bb F Would come from a judge under a seat C But I knew right then Bb I'd never get hit again F When he said to me C Wait in the truck Bb F Just wait in the truck [Verse] C Well I knocked and knocked and no one came Bb Am So I kicked in his double-wide door C I let the hammer drop before he got Bb Am7 To that twelve he was reaching for C I didn't try to hide my pistol Bb Am7 I didn't even try to run C I just sat on the porch, smoking one of his cigarettes Bb Am7 And waited for the cops to come [Chorus] C I don't know if he's an angel Bb 'Cause angels don't F do what he did C He was hellbent to find the man behind Bb F All the whiskey scars I hid C I never thought my day of justice Would come from Bb F a judge under a seat C But I knew right then I'd Bb never get hit again F When he said to me C Wait in the truck Bb F Just wait in the truck [Post-Chorus] C Whoa oah (whoa) Bb F Have mercy on me, Lord C Have mercy on me Bb F Have mercy on me-e (hey), Lord
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[Bridge] C It's been sixty months and she still comes Bb F To see me from time to time C It was worth the price, to see a brighter side Bb Of the girl I picked Am up that night C And I might be here forever Bb C It ain't paradise that's true C But it's a whole hell of a lot better Bb F Than the place I sent him to, yeah [Outro] C (Have mercy, have mercy, have mercy on me) Bb Wait in the truck (have mercy on me) F C Just wait in the truck (Have mercy, have mercy, have mercy on me) Bb Wait in the truck (Lord, have mercy) F C Just wait in the truck (Have mercy, have mercy, Bb have mercy on me) F C Lord, have mercy on me (Have mercy, have mercy, Bb have mercy on me) F Lord C (Have mercy on me) (Have mercy, have mercy, have mercy on me) Bb Wait in the truck F C Just wait in the truck (Have mercy, have mercy, have mercy on me) Bb Wait in the truck F C Just wait in the truck (have mercy) C Bb Am Bb (C)
