Capo: 4 Tuning: E A D G B E

Song: Mercy Street Artist: Peter Gabriel Composer: Peter Gabriel Album: So Tabbed by DJ ('DiddyD' on ultimateGuitar.com) 5th Mar 2013 The song was inspired after reading '45 Mercy Street' by American poet Anne Sexton CAPO: 4th fret (Will then sound in the recorded key of C#m) Chord names and fret positions are relative to the capo: Am = x02210 Am7 = x02010 or x02213 G = 320033 A7sus4 = x02030 Dm/F = xx3231 or 10023x F = 133211 Asus2 = x02200 Dm7 = xx0211 F/A = x03211 Am/G = 302210 F/C = x33211 G/B = x20033 F/G = 3xxxxx Please select a star rating for this tab, many thanks ============================================================== [Intro] Am A7sus4 Asus2 Am | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | Am A7sus4 Asus2 Am Am/G | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / |

||: ^Am/ / / ^Asus2 / | ^Am/ / / ^Asus2 / :||[Repeat] [Verse 1] ^AmLooking down on empty streets, ^Am7all she can see, Are the ^Dm/Fdreams all made solid, are the ^Dm7dreams made real, ^AmAll of the buildings, ^Am7all of the cars, Were ^Dm/Fonce just a dream in ^Dm7somebody's head, She ^Ampictures the broken glass, ^Am7pictures the steam, She ^Dm/Fpictures a soul with ^Dm7no leak at the ^Amseams

[Link]

^AmTake the boat out! (Wait until darkness) ^AmLet's take the boat out! (Wait until dark - ^Am/Gness ^Amcomes)

[Verse 2]

^AmNowhere in the corridors of ^Am7pale green and grey, ^Dm/FNowhere in the suburbs, in the ^Dm7cold light of day, ^AmThere in the midst of it, so a - ^Am7live and alone, ^FWords support ^F/Clike ^Gbone

[Chorus]

^GDreaming of ^AmMer - ^Fcy ^GStreet, ^Amwear your in - ^Am/Gside ^Fout, Dreaming of ^Cmercy.^F.. ^F/A ^G/B in your ^Amdaddy's arms a - ^Ggain, Dreaming of ^AmMer - ^Fcy-^F/A---- ^GStreet, ^Amswear they moved ^Am/Gthat ^Fsign, Dreaming of ^Cmercy.^F.. ^F/A ^G/B in your ^Amdaddy's arms

||: ^Am/ / / ^Asus2 / | ^Am/ / / ^Asus2 / :||[x2] [Instrumental break] Am Am/G F F/G Am Am/G F F/G | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / |

Am Am/G F Dm Am | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | Am Am/G Am | / / / / | / / / / | [Verse 3]

^AmPulling out the papers from the ^Am7drawers that slide smooth, ^Dm/FTugging at the darkness, ^Dm7word upon word, Con - ^Amfessing all the secret things, in the ^Am7warm velvet box, To the ^Dm/Fpriest, he's the doctor, he can ^Dm7handle the shocks, ^AmDreaming of the tenderness, the ^Am7tremble in the hips, Of ^Fkissing Mar - ^F/Cy's ^Glips

[Chorus]

^GDreaming of ^AmMer - ^Fcy ^GStreet, ^Amwear your in - ^Am/Gside ^Fout, Dreaming of ^Cmercy.^F.. ^F/A ^G/B in your ^Amdaddy's arms a - ^Ggain, Dreaming of ^AmMer - ^Fcy-^F/A---- ^GStreet, ^Amswear they moved ^Am/Gthat ^Fsign, Looking for ^Cmercy.^F.. ^F/A ^G/B in your ^Amdaddy's arms

||: ^Am/ / / ^Asus2 / | ^Am/ / / ^Asus2 / :||[x2] [Instrumental break] Am Am/G F F/G Am Am/G F F/G | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / |

Am Am/G F Dm Am | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | Am Am/G Am | / / / / | / / / / | [Verse 4]

^AmMercy ...^A7sus4mercy ...looking for ^Ammercy, ^Am/G ^Am Oo---^A7sus4oo, ...looking for ^Ammercy, ^AmMercy--^G---, looking for ^Ammercy, ^G Looking for ^Ammer - ^Asus2cy, ^G looking for ^Ammercy, ^G Oh - oh, ^Ammercy, ^F looking for ^Ammercy

[Coda]

^AmAnne, with her father, is ^Am7out in the boat, ^Dm/FRiding the water, ^Dm7riding the waves... on the sea ^Am

Peter Gabriel - Mercy street