Joseph Arthur - Mercedes Chords

Joseph Arthur - Mercedes - Live version


This is very close to the live version sound.
If you watch a video, you'll see some differences in the chords, but the sound 
stays similar.
There are also some changes in the lyrics compare to the album version. The verses 
that change are followed below by a '*'.
Enjoy!


Chords used :

      Am      Emadd9  C       Cadd9   G       D       Dsus4
e|----5-------2-------0-------0-------3-------2-------3----|
B|----5-------0-------1-------3-------3-------3-------3----|
G|----5-------0-------0-------0-------0-------2-------2----|
D|----7-------2-------2-------2-------0-------0-------0----|
A|----7-------2-------3-------3-------2--------------------|
E|----5-------0-----------------------3--------------------|

The Am sounds better this way than a usual 012200



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Am     Emadd9     C/Cadd9/C     (x4)
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Am                 Emadd9         C/Cadd9/C
I been next to you for a lifetime

Am                  Emadd9         C/Cadd9/C
I been watching you from the start

Am                        Emadd9            C/Cadd9/C
Always trying to keep yourself put together

Am                Emadd9     C/Cadd9/C
Always needing to fall apart


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Am     Emadd9     C/Cadd9/C     (x1)
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Am                Emadd9      C/Cadd9/C
You wanna ride in my Mercedes

Am                     Emadd9                  C/Cadd9/C
Tonight we'll dance outside along the seashore

Am                            Emadd9                   C/Cadd9/C
A quarter moon will paint our shadows on the cold sand

           Am                             Emadd9              C/Cadd9/C
You ask me how come we dance?  Well there is no reason at all


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Am     Emadd9     C/Cadd9/C     (x3)
Am     Cadd9      G        D/Dsus4       (x1)
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            Am       Cadd9              G     D/Dsus4
I hope that you will burn down this old house

                Am         Cadd9                        G     D/Dsus4
And I hope that you will escape right through the front door

                     Am            Cadd9                G           D/Dsus4
Turn around when you're safe   And talk about what they done to you

                     Am            Cadd9                        G        D/Dsus4
Turn around when you're safe   And watch this house burn to the ground



       Am                Cadd9          G                    D/Dsus4
I know you, and you will rise, When you talk about what they done*

       Am                Cadd9          G                          D/Dsus4
I know you, and you will rise, When you watch yourself burn to the ground*

       Am                Cadd9          G                    D/Dsus4
I know you, and you will rise, When you talk about what they done*

       Am                Cadd9       G        D/Dsus4
I know you, and you will rise*



Am                Emadd9      C/Cadd9/C
You wanna ride in my Mercedes

Am              Emadd9                C/Cadd9/C
Everyday we are closer to fallin away*
Everyday we are closer to fallin away*
Everyday we are closer to fallin away*



       Am                Cadd9          G                    D/Dsus4
I know you, and you will rise, When you talk about what they done

       Am                Cadd9          G                          D/Dsus4
I know you, and you will rise, When you watch yourself burn to the ground

       Am                Cadd9          G                    D/Dsus4
I know you, and you will rise, When you talk about what they done

       Am                Cadd9    G
I know you, and you will rise*