Instruments
| Bb11 | Bb11 | B11 | B11 |
Verse1
| Emaj7 | Emaj7 | C#m7 | C#m7 | Woah, ah, mercy, mercy me Ah, things ain't what they used to be | F#m7 | F#m7 | B11 | Where did all the blue skies go? Poison is the wind that blows | B11 | From the north and south and east| Emaj7 | Emaj7 | C#m7 | C#m7 | Woah, ah, mercy, mercy me Ah, things ain't what they used to be | F#m7 | F#m7 | B11 | B11 | Oil wasted on the ocean and upon our seas Fish full of mercury
Verse2
| Emaj7 | Emaj7 | C#m7 | C#m7 | Woah, ah, mercy, mercy me Ah, things ain't what they used to be | F#m7 | F#m7 | B11 | B11 | Radiation underground and in the sky Animals and birds who live nearby are dying| Emaj7 | Emaj7 | C#m7 | C#m7 | F#m7 | Woah, ah, mercy, mercy me Ah, things ain't what they used to be | F#m7 | B11 | B11 |What about this overcrowded land? How much more abuse from man can she stand?
Ad-Libs
| Emaj7 | Emaj7 | C#m7 | C#m7 | F#m7 | F#m7 |Ooh, woo Oh, na, na, na, na, My Sweet Lord na na na na na na na | B11 | B11 | na na My Sweet Lord
Instruments
| Fmaj7 | Fmaj7 | Dm9 | Dm9 || Gm7 | Gm7 | C11 | C11 |
Instruments (Fade Out)
| Bbm9 | Bbm9 | Bbm9 | Bbm9 | [x3]| Bbm9 | Ab Gm7 | D7sus4 | G(#5) || Cm |