VERSE 1:
I love [F#] you, but I gotta stay true
My moral's got me on my knees
I'm begging please, stop playing games

PRE-CHORUS:
I don't know what this [C#7] is
but you got me [B7] good
just like you knew you [F#] would
I don't know what you [C#7] do
but you do it [B7] well
I'm under your [F#] spell [F# open]

CHORUS:
You got me begging you for [F#] mercy
Why won't you release me?
You got me begging you for [B7] mercy
Why won't you re-[F#]-lease me?
I said you better rel-[C#7]-ease [B7] [F#] me

VERSE 2:
Now you think that [F#] I
will be some thing on the side
But you got to understand
That I need a man who can
take my hand, yes I do

REPEAT PRE-CHORUS:

REPEAT CHORUS:

BRIDGE: [N.C.]
I'm begging you for mercy
just why won't you release me
I said I'm begging you for mercy
You got me begging
you got me begging
you got me begging

CHORUS 2:
[F#] Mercy, why won't you release me
I'm begging you for [B7] mercy
Why won't you re-[F#]-lease me?
I said you better rel-[C#7]-ease [B7] [F#] me

REPEAT CHORUS 2:

REPEAT BRIDGE: