VERSE 1:
I love [D#] 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 [A#7] is
but you got me [G#7] good
just like you knew you [D#] would
I don't know what you [A#7] do
but you do it [G#7] well
I'm under your [D#] spell [D# open]

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

VERSE 2:
Now you think that [D#] 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

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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:
[D#] Mercy, why won't you release me
I'm begging you for [G#7] mercy
Why won't you re-[D#]-lease me?
I said you better rel-[A#7]-ease [G#7] [D#] me

REPEAT CHORUS 2:

REPEAT BRIDGE: