Capo 1st fret
Standard (EADGBE)
Well dont have no mercy in this land
Death dont have no mercy in this land
Come to your house and he wont stay long
You look in the bed and youll find your mother gone
Death dont have no mercy in this land
He wont give you time to get ready In this land
He wont give you time to get ready In this land
Well he come to your house and he wont stay long
You look in the bed and youll find your father gone
He wont give you time to get ready In this land
Well hell leave you standin there cryin In this land
Hell leave you standin there cryin In this land
Hell come to your house and he wont stay long
You look in the bed and youll find your sister gone
Hell leave you standin there cryin in this land
Oh death never takes a vacation In this land
Death never takes a vacation in this land
Well he comes to your house and he wont stay long
You look in the bed and youll find everybody gone
Death never takes a vacation in this land
2nd Version:
Death don't have no mercy in this land.
Death don't have no mercy in this
he'll come to your house, but he won't stay long.
Look in the bed and somebody'll be
don't have no mercy in this land.
Death'll go in any family in this land.
Death go in any family in this
he'll come to your house and he won't stay long
Well, you look in the bed and one of your
will be gone.
Death don't have no mercy in this land.
Well, he never takes a vacation in this land.
Old Death never takes a vacation in
land.
Well, he'll come to your house and he won't stay long
Well, you look
the bed and your mama be gone.
Death don't have no mercy in this land.
INSTRUMENTAL #1
Well, he'll leave you standin' and cryin' in this land.
Well, Death'll leave you
and crying in this land.
Well, he'll come to your house but he won't stay
in the bed and your father will be gone.
Death don't have no mercy in this land.
Oh, Death always in a hurry in this land.
Death---always in a hurry in this
he'll come to your house, but he won't stay long
Look in the bed and one o' your family
be gone.
Death don't have no mercy in this land.
Well, they won't give you time to get ready in this land.
No, they won't give you
to get ready in this land.
Well, he'll come to your house but he won't stay
in the bed and somebody will be gone.
No, they won't give you time to get ready in this land.