Mercury blues
C ~ ~ C
1. Well, if I had
money, tell you what I'd do,
I'd go downtown, buy a Mercury or two.
F C
Crazy ‘bout a Mercury, Lord,
I'm crazy ‘bout a Mercury
Am G C
I’m gonna
buy me a Mercury and cruise it up and down the road.
C
2. Well, the girl I loved, stole her from a
friend,
she got lucky, stole her back
again,
F
C
she heard he had a Mercury,
Lord, she's crazy ‘bout a Mercury,
Am G C
I’m gonna
buy me a Mercury and cruise it up and down the road.
Oh, let’s go
! + repeat verse 2 as
instrumental
C
3. Well, hey now mamma, you look so fine,
drivin’ round in your Mercury 49.
F
C
Crazy ‘bout a
Mercury, Lord I'm crazy ‘bout a Mercury,
Am
G
C
I'm gonna
buy me a Mercury and cruise it up and down the road.
+ repeat verse 3 as
instrumental
C
4. Well, my baby went out, she didn't stay long,
bought herself a Mercury, come a-cruisin' home.
F
C
Crazy ‘bout a Mercury, yeah
she's crazy ‘bout a Mercury,
Am
G
C
I'm gonna
buy me a Mercury and cruise it up and down the road.
Oh, cruise now
! + repeat verse 4 as
instrumental
C
5. Well, if I had money, tell you what I'd do,
I'd go downtown, buy a Mercury or two.
F C
Crazy bout a Mercury, Lord,
I'm crazy bout a Mercury,
Am G F
I'm gonna
buy me a Mercury and cruise it up and down the road.
Am G F
I'm gonna
buy me a Mercury and cruise it up and down the road,
Am
yeah, I'm gonna
buy me a Mercury
G C
and cruise it up and down the
road.
Oh, let’s go
! + repeat 2x verse 5
(lines 1 - 4) as instrumental
(orig. = capo 2nd) (Alan
Jackson)