Tuning:

------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Mercy Bound" by Edwin McCain From the album "Mercy Bound" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tabbed by: Aaron Field Email: edhead@tampabay.rr.com Standard Tuning Chords used: Esus Gbm7 Bsus2 Bbm7 Asus2 E C D Asus E/Ab 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 - Gbm7 - Bsus2 Verse 1:

^EsusLate last night I awoke in a dream To the ^Bbm7sound of a voice that was almost a ^Gbm7scream, oh oh ^Bsus2oh From ^Esusout of the city and out of the street ^Bbm7Out where the wind hits the cold con^Gbm7crete, oh oh ^Bsus2oh

Pre-Chorus 1:

^Asus2 It's ^Ecold ^Asus2 out ^Eside,^Asus2 dark ^Eness, your ^Bsus2enemy ^Asus2 No ^Eplace^Asus2 to ^Ehide,^Asus2 the ^Evoice said ^Gbm7this to me

Chorus 1:

In your ^Asus2doorways I have shivered In your alleys I have gone to g^Bsus2round ^Gbm7I will be delivered Some^Bsus2day I will be mercy ^Esusbound

^Gbm7

^Bsus2

Verse 2:

I ^Esusdreamed again it was West L.A. On a c^Bbm7rowded street on a hot summer da^Gbm7y, she was a^Bsus2lone ^EsusThree months late and beginning to show In a mi^Bbm7driff blouse she would soon outgrow She had ^Gbm7no one to call and no ^Bsus2way home

Pre-Chorus 2:

^Asus2 And ^Ein ^Asus2 my ^Emind ^Asus2 I ^Eknew I'd ^Bsus2seen myself ^Asus2 But ^Ein ^Asus2 our ^Eblindness,^Asus2 always ^Eseems like ^Gbm7someone else

Chorus 2:

^Asus2There I was a rag a bone A remnant in your lost and ^Bsus2found I ^Gbm7was for once truly alone ^Bsus2Longing to be mercy ^Ebound

Bridge:

And I ^Cknew that I would wander as a child In the forest 'til they^D found me And I ^Ccalled out to them but I could not penetrate The silence all a^Eround me^Gbm7 ^Bsus2

Pre-Chorus 3:

^Asus2 And ^Ewhen^Asus2 I ^Ewake ^Asus2 I ^Eknow you'll ^Bsus2comfort me ^Asus2 And ^EI ^Asus2 won't ^Esleep a^Asus2gain for ^Ean e^Gbm7ternity

Chorus 3:

But ^Asus2others lie awake at night In desperation more pro^Bsus2found And the ^Gbm7coming of the morning light ^Bsus2Will not see them mercy ^Ebound And ^Asussome will never ^E/Abdream again From ^Gbm7sleeping on the ^Bsus2ground Just ^Asus2longing to belong ^Bsus2Dying to be mercy ^Asus2bound ^Gbm7please don't stop your dreaming Some^Bsus2day we'll all be mercy ^Esusbound ^Gbm7 Some^Bsus2day mercy ^Esusbound ^Gbm7oohhhh^Bsus2h, ohhhh^Ehhh

Edwin McCain - Mercy bound