ALKALINE TRIO
"MERCY ME"
CRIMSON
Tuning:standard

INTRO:   
  Gtr. 1                                                                2x's
e||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
B||o2-2-3-3-5-5-2-2-|-3-3-5-5-2-2-3-3-|-2-2-3-3-5-5-2-2-|-3-3-5-5-5-3-2-2o||
G||-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-||
D||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
A||o----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------o||
E||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
 |  
 |Gtr. 2
e||-----------------||8x's
B||o2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2o||
G||-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-||
D||-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-||
A||o0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0o||
E||-----------------||


VERSE 1:
  |PM..............................................................|    2x's
e||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
B||o----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------o||
G||-----2-------2---|-----2-------2---|-----2-------2---|-----2-----------||
D||-----2-------2---|-----2-------2---|-----2-------2---|-----2-----4-4-4-||
A||o0-0---0-0-0---0-|-0-0---0-0-0---0-|-0-0---0-0-0---0-|-0-0---0-0-x-x-xo||
E||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------2-2-2-||
   "It's been a long day..."                                     "I took a"
   "long walk, straight back home..."                       "San Francisco"
 
  
 |PM..| |.....| |.......| |.....| |.......| |.....| |.......| |...|
e|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
G|-----2-------2---|-----2-------2---|-----2-------2---|-----2-----------|
D|-----2-------2---|-----2-------2---|-----2-------2---|-----2-----4-4-4-|
A|-0-0---0-0-0---0-|-0-0---0-0-0---0-|-0-0---0-0-0---0-|-0-0---0-0-x-x-x-|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------2-2-2-|
   "I used to long for"                                       "But now I'm"
 

 |PM..| |.....| |.......| |.....| |......................................| 
e|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
G|-----2-------2---|-----2-------2---|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----2-------2---|-----2-------2---|-----------------|-----------------|
A|-0-0---0-0-0---0-|-0-0---0-0-0---0-|-0-0-2-2-2-2-4-4-|-5-5-5-5-4-4-2-2-|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
  "Losing faith in everything..."              "I'm lost at sea, you see"

Then play INTRO


VERSE 2:
 |PM..| |.....| |.......| |.....| |.......| |.....| |.......| |...|
e|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
G|-----2-------2---|-----2-------2---|-----2-------2---|-----2-----------|
D|-----2-------2---|-----2-------2---|-----2-------2---|-----2-----4-4-4-|
A|-0-0---0-0-0---0-|-0-0---0-0-0---0-|-0-0---0-0-0---0-|-0-0---0-0-x-x-x-|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------2-2-2-|
  "I used to long for broken bones..."                         "I never"  
 
 
 |PM..| |.....| |.......| |.....| |......................................|
e|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
G|-----2-------2---|-----2-------2---|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----2-------2---|-----2-------2---|-----------------|-----------------|
A|-0-0---0-0-0---0-|-0-0---0-0-0---0-|-0-0-2-2-2-2-4-4-|-5-5-5-5-4-4-2-2-|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
     "Had a problem facing fear, but I'm dying over and out my dear and"   


CHORUS:                                                                 2x's
e||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
B||o----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------o||
G||-----------------|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-----------------|-----------------||
D||-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-||
A||o4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2o||
E||-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-----------------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-||
       "Oh mercy me____                God bless catastrophe"
       "There's no way in Hell  we'll ever live to see through this so,"     
                              
 
BRIDGE:                                  2x's
e||---------------------|-----------------||-----------------|
B||o--------------------|----------------o||-----------------|
G||-11-11-11-11-9-9-9-9-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-||-7-7-7-7-7-9-9-9-|
D||-11-11-11-11-9-9-9-9-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-||-7-7-7-7-7-9-9-9-|
A||o-9--9--9--9-7-7-7-7-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5o||-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-|
E||---------------------|-----------------||-----------------|
  "Drive yourself"      "not that far away"}"Yeah___" 
  "and I just..."         "earlier today"  }

Play INTRO


VERSE 3:                                                            2x's
e||----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------||
B||o2~-------------|----------------|----------------|---------------o||
G||-2~-------------|----------------|----------------|----------------||
D||-2~-------------|----------------|----------------|----------4-4-4-||
A||o0~-------------|----------------|----------------|----------x-x-xo||
E||----------------|----------------|----------------|----------2-2-2-||
    "It's been a long day..."                                "I took a"
    "Long walk, straight back home..."                       "Chicago"


 |PM..| |.....| |.......| |.....| |.......| |.....| |.......| |...|
e|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
G|-----2-------2---|-----2-------2---|-----2-------2---|-----2-----------|
D|-----2-------2---|-----2-------2---|-----2-------2---|-----2-----4-4-4-|
A|-0-0---0-0-0---0-|-0-0---0-0-0---0-|-0-0---0-0-0---0-|-0-0---0-0-x-x-x-|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------2-2-2-|
  "I used to long for time alone..."                         "but now I'm"  
 

 |PM..| |.....| |.......| |.....| |......................................|
e|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
G|-----2-------2---|-----2-------2---|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----2-------2---|-----2-------2---|-----------------|-----------------|
A|-0-0---0-0-0---0-|-0-0---0-0-0---0-|-0-0-2-2-2-2-4-4-|-5-5-5-5-4-4-2-2-|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
  "Losing faith in everything, I'm lost, so lost, I'm lost without you"


Then play CHORUS, BRIDGE, INTRO, BRIDGE, INTRO

THE END
This song is pretty easy, and I put in some lyrics to help w/ timing