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:

I got a feelin^G' of unrighteousn^Cess Bitter hope(^D?) hollow bitterness ^Am Down the road I wa^Glk with loneliness ^C But mercy ^Dwill follow me I'm told ^G

VERSE 2:

My sister sang a song so swe^Get and sad^C About a man who^Dse love I never had ^Am But there is a train bo^Gund for Gilead ^C And merc^Dy will follow me I'm told. ^G

CHORUS:

^GMercy, will you follow me? ^CMercy, will you follow me ^GTil my final breath at last I take? ^D ^GMercy, will you follow me? ^CMercy, will you follow me ^G'Til the chains of this old world I fin'l^Dly break? ^G G-G-Am (?) G-G-Em-D (?) <ELECTRIC GUITAR SOLO--1x verse chords>

VERSE 3:

Under this skin the^Gre lies a heart of stone^C It's growin' old so^D very far from ^Amhome Well a heart of gold I may^G one day own^C And mercy w^Dill follow me I'm told ^G

CHORUS:

^GMercy, will you follow me? ^CMercy, will you follow me ^GTil my final breath at last I take? ^D ^GMercy, will you follow me? ^CMercy, will you follow me 'Til the chains ^Gof this old world I fin^D'lly break? ^G ^Am 'Til the chains ^Gof this old world I fin^D'lly break? ^G ^Am 'Til the chains ^Gof this old world I fin^D'lly break? ^G ^Am G-G-Am (?) G-G-Em-D (?) OUTRO: G-G-Am (?) Whoa-o-o-a-oh-o G-G-Em-G (?) Yea-ah

Counting Crows - Mercy