------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Mercy Bound" by Edwin McCain From the album "Mercy Bound" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tabbed by: Aaron Field Email: edhead@tampabay.rr.com Standard Tuning Chords used: Esus4 F#m7 Bsus2 Bbm7 Asus2 E C D Asus4 E/G# e|--0-----0------0-----0------0----0---0---2---0-----0--| B|--0-----0------0-----0------0----0---1---3---0-----5--| G|--9-----2------4-----7------2----1---0---2---6-----4--| D|--9-----2------4-----7------2----2---2---0---7-----2--| A|--7-----0------2-----x------0----2---3---0---7-----x--| E|--0-----2------0-----7------0----0---0---x---5-----4--| Listen to the CD for strumming patterns. Intro: Esus4 - Esus4 - F#m7 - Bsus2 Verse 1: Esus4 Late last night I awoke in a dream Bbm7 F#m7 Bsus2 To the sound of a voice that was almost a scream, oh oh oh Esus4 From out of the city and out of the street Bbm7 F#m7 Bsus2 Out where the wind hits the cold concrete, oh oh oh Pre-Chorus 1: Asus2 E Asus2 E Asus2 E Bsus2 It's cold out side, dark ness, your enemy Asus2 E Asus2 E Asus2 E F#m7 No place to hide, the voice said this to me Chorus 1: Asus2 In your doorways I have shivered Bsus2 In your alleys I have gone to ground F#m7 I will be delivered Bsus2 Esus4 - F#m7 - Bsus2 Someday I will be mercy bound Verse 2: Esus4 I dreamed again it was West L.A. Bbm7 F#m7 Bsus2 On a crowded street on a hot summer day, she was alone Esus4 Three months late and beginning to show Bbm7 In a midriff blouse she would soon outgrow F#m7 Bsus2 She had no one to call and no way home Pre-Chorus 2: Asus2 E Asus2 E Asus2 E Bsus2 And in my mind I knew I'd seen myself Asus2 E Asus2 E Asus2 E F#m7 But in our blindness, always seems like someone else Chorus 2: Asus2 There I was a rag a bone Bsus2 A remnant in your lost and found F#m7 I was for once truly alone Bsus2 E Longing to be mercy bound Bridge: C And I knew that I would wander as a child D In the forest 'til they found me C And I called out to them but I could not penetrate E F#m7 Bsus2 The silence all around me Pre-Chorus 3: Asus2 E Asus2 E Asus2 E Bsus2 And when I wake I know you'll comfort me Asus2 E Asus2 E Asus2 E F#m7 And I won't sleep again for an eternity Chorus 3: Asus2 But others lie awake at night Bsus2 In desperation more profound F#m7 And the coming of the morning light Bsus2 E Will not see them mercy bound Asus4 E/G# And some will never dream again F#m7 Bsus2 From sleeping on the ground Asus2 Just longing to belong Bsus2 Asus2 Dying to be mercy bound F#m7 please don't stop your dreaming Bsus2 Esus4 F#m7 Someday we'll all be mercy bound Bsus2 Esus4 Someday mercy bound F#m7 Bsus2 E oohhhhh, ohhhhhhh