[Intro]:
E, A, B x4

[Verse 1]:
B I like toF# think about theB time I F#met you,
BLiving with your F#people down in BNew OrleaF#ns.
B Mad at your F#mama cause she'd Bnever lF#et you,
BRide in no F#nasty Blimousine.

[Pre-Chorus]:
ELater on the levee with the G#mmoon up above,
E I lost my heart and F#confessed my love,

[Chorus]:
EOh now Lucy, said, BGod have mercy, I've F#got to stop thinkin' 'bout Bthat, somehow.

[Break]:
E, A, B E A B
Does me no damn good.
E, A, B
E, A, B

[Verse 2]:
B One Summer F#night in a Bfield of F#wheat,
B God's sweet F#lanterns hanging Bin the sF#ky.
B Moving F#light on your Btiny feF#et,
I Bknew I had to F#love you till the Bday I die.

[Pre-Chorus]:
EThey talk about AmG#mazing Grace,
E it meant something when I F#saw your face.

[Chorus]:
EOh now Lucy, said, BGod have mercy, I've F#got to stop thinkin' 'bout Bthat
EOh, BLucy said, I F#can't stop thinkin' bout Byou.

[Bridge]:
I think of Eball the little things that I never told you,
B I think I may get to hold you someday.
Eb It's my brain just like a man possessed,
I can't Edo me no work, I can't F#get me no rest,

[Break]:
I can't Eunderstand it Ababy.B
E, A, B x3

[Verse 3]:
B Don't like to F#think about the Bway it eF#nded,
B I hate reF#membering the Bthings that I F#said.
B I dream a F#dream of Blove so spF#lendid,
B I wake up F#hard in an Bempty bed.

[Pre-Chorus]:
EI wonder who'll be G#mloving you next,
E Some fool will be F#writing bad checks.

[Chorus]:
EOh now Lucy, said, BGod have mercy, I've F#got to stop thinkin' 'bout Byou
ESomehow baby, BLord have mercy, I've F#got to stop thinkin' 'bout Bthat

[Outro]:
E, A, B