Mercy Bound

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                        "Mercy 
Bound" by Edwin McCain
                         From the 
album "Mercy Bound"

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Tabbed by: Aaron Field


Standard Tuning


Chords used:

   Esus  Gbm7  Bsus2  Bbm7  Asus2  
E|--0-----0------0-----0------0---
B|--0-----0------0-----0------0---
G|--9-----2------4-----7------2---
D|--9-----2------4-----7------2---
A|--7-----0------2-----x------0---
E|--0-----2------0-----7------0---
  E   C   D  Asus  E/Ab  
E|-0---0---2---0-----0--| 
B|-0---1---3---0-----5--| 
G|-1---0---2---6-----4--| 
D|-2---2---0---7-----2--| 
A|-2---3---0---7-----x--| 
E|-0---0---x---5-----4--| 


Listen to the CD for strumming 
patterns.


Intro:  Esus - Esus - Gbm7 - Bsus2


Verse 1:

Esus
Late last night I awoke in a dream
       Bbm7                     
To the sound of a voice that was 
          Gbm7          Bsus2
almost a scream, oh oh oh
     Esus
From out of the city and out of the 
street
Bbm7                           
Out where the wind hits the cold 
     Gbm7         Bsus2
concrete, oh oh oh


Pre-Chorus 1:

Asus2  E    Asus2  E    Asus2  
 It's  cold  out   side, dark  
E          Bsus2
ness, your enemy
Asus2  E    Asus2  E    Asus2  
 No    place to    hide, the   
E          Gbm7
voice said this to me


Chorus 1:

        Asus2
In your doorways I have shivered
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                               Bsus2
In your alleys I have gone to ground
Gbm7
I will be delivered
    Bsus2               Esus - 
Someday I will be mercy bound
Gbm7 - Bsus2



Verse 2:

  Esus
I dreamed again it was West L.A.
      Bbm7                         
On a crowded street on a hot summer
   Gbm7        Bsus2
 day, she was alone
Esus
Three months late and beginning to 
show
       Bbm7
In a midriff blouse she would soon 
outgrow
        Gbm7                  
She had no one to call and no way 
Bsus2
home


Pre-Chorus 2:

Asus2  E   Asus2  E    Asus2  
 And   in   my    mind   I    
E        Bsus2
knew I'd seen myself
Asus2  E   Asus2  E         
 But   in   our   blindness,
Asus2   E          Gbm7
 always seems like someone else


Chorus 2:

Asus2
There I was a rag a bone
                           Bsus2
A remnant in your lost and found
  Gbm7
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       Gbm7   
The silence all around me
Bsus2



Pre-Chorus 3:

Asus2  E   Asus2  E    Asus2  
 And   when  I    wake   I    
E           Bsus2
know you'll comfort me
Asus2  E  Asus2  E      Asus2  
 And   I   won't sleep again 
  E   Gbm7
for an eternity


Chorus 3:

    Asus2
But others lie awake at night
                       Bsus2
In desperation more profound
        Gbm7
And the coming of the morning light
Bsus2                   E
Will not see them mercy bound
    Asus            E/Ab
And some will never dream again
     Gbm7            Bsus2
From sleeping on the ground
     Asus2
Just longing to belong
Bsus2             Asus2
Dying to be mercy bound
Gbm7
please don't stop your dreaming
    Bsus2                  Esus    
Someday we'll all be mercy bound
Gbm7

    Bsus2     Esus
Someday mercy bound
Gbm7  Bsus2   E
oohhhhh, ohhhhhhh