Death Don't Have No Mercy

Rev. Gary Davis

        Em              (E)  (F#)G       B7          Em
        Death don't have no mercy   in this land
                                           A7     D7         G         (A)   B7
        Death don't have no mercy   in this land, in this land
       Em
        I come to your house, and it don't take long
       Am
        You look in the bed this morning

        Your mother is gone
        Em              (E)  (F#)G       B7          Em
        Death don't have no mercy   in this land

        Death will come in anytime in this land
        Death will come in any place in this land, in this land
        I come to your house, and it don't take long
        You look in the bed this morning
        Your father is gone
        Death don't have no mercy in this land

        Death will leave you standin' and a cryin' in the rain
        Death will leave you standin' and a cryin' in the rain
        I come to your house, and it don't take long
        You look in the bed this morning
        Your family's is gone
        Death don't have no mercy in this land

        Death don't have no mercy in this land
        Death don't have no mercy in this land, in this land
        I come to your house, and it don't take long
        You look in the bed this morning
        Your darling is gone
        Death don't have no mercy in this land


Copyright 1960
Harlem Street Singer











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