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
