D - G - D -
A - D - G - D - A - D
D G
1. I was standing in line at the city bus stop,
D A
soaked
to skin from every rain drop.
D G
I see you driving by like a phantom
jet,
D A
D
with
your arm around some little brunette.
D G
2. You say you won't be home because you're working late,
D A
honey,
I'm no foo,l you've been out on a date.
D G
Lipstick on your collar gives
your game away,
D - A D
strawberry
red, and mine's pink rose.
D G D A
Have mercy on me, you treat me so bad I'm in misery.
D
G
It’s breaking my heart, can't you see ?
D A D
Baby, baby, have mercy on me !
+ D - G - D
- A - D
D
G
3. Well, I called you up on the telephone,
D
A
I could hear you were playing Hackerty and Jones.
D
G
I knew right then there was
something wrong,
D
- A D
there's
only one reason you play cheating
songs.
+ CHORUS +
instrumental = CHORUS
D G
4. Well, I went to the bank with my little check book,
D
A
the cashier,
he gave me the strangest look.
- D
G
He said, you
ain't
got no money 'cause you're overdrawn,
D -
A D
your
man took it all and he's darn gone.
D G D A
Have mercy on me, you treat me so bad I'm in misery.
D G
It’s breaking my heart, can't you see ?
D A D
Baby, baby, have mercy on me !
+ repeat CHORUS +
instrumental = CHORUS
+ repeat CHORUS ....
(The Judds)