C# I got turned around in some little town B A#m I'd never been to before C# Working my way through a middle-of-June B A#m7 Midnight thunderstorm C# There was something in the headlights B A#m It stopped me on a dime C# Well, she was scared to death, so I said B A#m Climb in and then she climbed C# B A#m Ohh, ohh ohh yeah Well, she was bruised and broke from head to toe With a tear in her blood-stained shirt She didn't tell the whole truth, but she didn't have to I knew what had happened to her I didn't load her down with questions That girl had been through enough I just threw it in drive, looked in those eyes And asked her where he was Chorus: C# I don't know if he's an angel B F# 'Cause angels don't do what he did C# He was hellbent to find the man behind B F# All the whiskey scars I hid C# I never thought my day of justice B F# Would come from a judge under a seat C# B But I knew right then I'd never get hit again F# When he said to me C# Wait in the truck B F# Just wait in the truck Well, I knocked and knocked and no one came So I kicked in his double-wide door I let the hammer drop before he got To that 12 he was reachin' for I didn't try to hide my pistol I didn't even try to run I just sat on the porch, smokin' one of his cigarettes And waited for the cops to come Chorus C# Whoa oah (whoa) B F# Have mercy on me, Lord C# Have mercy on me B F# Have mercy on me-e (hey), Lord C# It's been sixty months and she still comes B F# To see me from time to time C# It was worth the price, to see a brighter side B A#m Of the girl I picked up that night C# And I might be here forever B C# It ain't paradise that's true C# But it's a whole hell of a lot better B F# Than the place I sent him to, yeah C# (Have mercy, have mercy, have mercy on me) B Wait in the truck (have mercy on me) F# C# Just wait in the truck (Have mercy, have mercy, have mercy on me) B Wait in the truck (Lord, have mercy) F# C# Just wait in the truck B (Have mercy, have mercy, have mercy on me) F# C# Lord, have mercy on me B (Have mercy, have mercy, have mercy on me) F# Lord C# (Have mercy on me) C# (Have mercy, have mercy, have mercy on me) B Wait in the truck F# C# Just wait in the truck (Have mercy, have mercy, have mercy on me) B Wait in the truck F# C# Just wait in the truck (have mercy) | TransposeReset Font sizeReset Chords fingeringsA#m A#m7 B C# F# |