Mercy Bound

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - "mercy bound" by edwin mccain from the album "mercy bound" - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - tabbed by : aaron field email : edhead@tampabay . rr . com standard tuning chords used : Esus F#m7 Bsus2 A#m7 Asus2 E C D Asus 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 : Esus - Esus - F#m7 - Bsus2 Verse 1 : Esus late last night i awoke in a dream A#m7 F#m7 Bsus2 to the sound of a voice that was almost a scream , oh oh oh Esus from out of the city and out of the street A#m7 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 Esus - F#m7 - Bsus2 someday i will be mercy bound Verse 2 : Esus i dreamed again it was west l . A . A#m7 F#m7 Bsus2 on a crowded street on a hot summer day , she was alone Esus three months late and beginning to show A#m7 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 Asus 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 Esus F#m7 someday we’ll all be mercy bound Bsus2 Esus someday mercy bound F#m7 Bsus2 E oohhhhh , ohhhhhhh