Written by Tender Mercies
Covered by the Counting Crows on "Underwater Sunshine"

**This is my first crack at it. Corrections welcomed!**

INTRO:

Single strum of G

VERSE 1:

G (320003@1)              CI (x32010@1)got a feelin' of unrighteousness

D (xx0232@1)                  AmBitter (x02210@1)hope(?) hollow bitterness

G (320003@1)                    CDown (x32010@1)the road I walk with loneliness

D (xx0232@1)                              GBut (320003@1)mercy will follow me I'm told



VERSE 2:

G (320003@1)       CMy (x32010@1)sister sang a song so sweet and sad

D (xx0232@1)                   AmAbout (x02210@1)a man whose love I never had

G (320003@1)                   CBut (x32010@1)there is a train bound for Gilead

D (xx0232@1)                                   GAnd (320003@1)mercy will follow me I'm told.

CHORUS:

G (320003@1)   
Mercy, will you follow me?

CMercy, (x32010@1)will you follow me

G (320003@1)                                      DTil (xx0232@1)my final breath at last I take?

GMercy, (320003@1)will you follow me?

CMercy, (x32010@1)will you follow me

G (320003@1)                                      D (xx0232@1)               G'Til (320003@1)the chains of this old world I fin'lly break?
G-G-Am (?)
G-G-Em-D (?)



VERSE 3:

G (320003@1)                     CUnder (x32010@1)this skin there lies a heart of stone

D (xx0232@1)            AmIt's (x02210@1)growin' old so very far from home

G (320003@1)         CWell (x32010@1)a heart of gold I may one day own

D (xx0232@1)                               GAnd (320003@1)mercy will follow me I'm told



CHORUS:

G (320003@1)   
Mercy, will you follow me?

CMercy, (x32010@1)will you follow me

G (320003@1)                                      DTil (xx0232@1)my final breath at last I take?

GMercy, (320003@1)will you follow me?

CMercy, (x32010@1)will you follow me

G (320003@1)                    D (xx0232@1)                  G (320003@1)         Am'Til (x02210@1)the chains of this old world I fin'lly break?

G (320003@1)                    D (xx0232@1)                  G (320003@1)         Am'Til (x02210@1)the chains of this old world I fin'lly break?

G (320003@1)                    D (xx0232@1)                  G (320003@1)         Am'Til (x02210@1)the chains of this old world I fin'lly break?

G-G-Am (?)
G-G-Em-D (?)

OUTRO:

G-G-Am (?)
Whoa-o-o-a-oh-o

G-G-Em-G (?)
Yea-ah