Benjamin Tod - Mercy Bark

Capo: 4th fret

Intro]
C Am F C G

[Verse]
C Am
The most important shot you’ll ever take is the one you never want
F C G
The reaper came a week too late for my only son
F C Am
My boy we were runnin’ free ‘til February come
Dsus2 Am
Now you can’t walk or breath and you’re begging for the gun

F C Am
Being a man is giving dignity and grace
Dsus2 Am
Even when you’re killing a love you can’t replace
F C Am
Oh Copper dog of all that’s sacred we erase
Dsus2 C
You will be the part of me that I forever chase

C Am F C G

C Am
That old dog was the stoic princе of all he smelled or seen
F C G
How I grinnеd from ear to ear saying he belonged to me
F C Am
Now how the hand of time grips him like a thief
Dsus2 Am
All my pride took a ride into eternity

F C Am
Being a man is giving dignity and grace
Dsus2 Am
Even when you’re killing a love you can’t replace
F C Am
Oh Copper dog of all that’s sacred we erase
Dsusu2 C
You will be the part of me that I forever chase

C Am F C G

F C
Oh how the mothers speak of strangers taking burdens that are hard
F
I have no choice you see for I am he and he is me and I will follow him
C
Into the dark
G Am
With all my heart a mercy bark

F C Am
Being a man is giving dignity and grace
Dsus2 Am
Even when you’re killing a love you can’t replace
F C Am
Oh Copper dog of all that’s sacred we erase
Dsus2 C Am F C G C
You will be the part of me that I forever chase