Alkaline Trio - Mercy Me Chords & Tabs

 

Mercy Me Chords & Tabs

Alkaline Trio Chords & Tabs

Version: 3 Type: Chords

Mercy Me Chords

   
Alkaline Trio
Mercy Me
Crimson
2005 Vagrant Records
Submitted by: jeremyunderground41@yahoo.com

Key: A

Tuning: Standard EADGBe

Chords used:
A -    x02220
E -    022100
F#m -  244222
D -    xx0232
E/G# - 476xxx
A/C# - x476xx
Bm -   x24432


Intro: A--F#m-D- x2


Verse 1:
            A
It's been a long day
living with this
            F#m
It's been a long time
        D
since I felt so sick
         A
I took a long walk
straight back home
           F#m
I could've walked 
     E      D
back to San Francisco
          A
I used to long
for time alone
          F#m
I used to long for 
        D
a place of my own
       A
And I'm losing
faith in everything
    F#m      E
I'm lost, so lost I'm 
D       E        A  F#m D A F#m D
lost at sea, you see


Verse 2:
          A
I used to long for
broken bones
          F#m
I used to long for a 
E         D
casket to call my own
       A
I never had a problem 

facing fear
        F#m  E
But I'm done over and 
D       E
done my dear and

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Chorus 1:
F#m      D
Oh mercy me
    A
God bless 
        E
catastrophe
        F#m
There's no 
       D
way in hell
      A
We'll ever live to
E
see through this so
F#m       E
Drive yourself 
  D
insane tonight
     F#m
It's not that
E    D
far away and 
       F#m       E
I just filled up your
     D    E    A
tank earlier today
E   A  D
yeah!!!


Verse 3:
            A
It's been a long day
living with this
            F#m
It's been a long time
E       D
since I felt so sick
        A
I took a long walk
straight back home
           F#m
I could've walked 
     E  D
back to Chicago
          A
I used to long
for time alone
          F#m
I used to long for 
        D
a place of my own
       A
And I'm losing
faith in everything
    F#m      E
I'm lost, so lost I'm 
D        E
lost without you


Chorus 2:
F#m      D
Oh mercy me
    A
God bless 
        E
catastrophe
        F#m
There's no 
       D
way in hell
      A
We'll ever live to
E
see through this so
F#m       E
Drive yourself 
  D
insane tonight
     F#m
It's not that
E    D
far away and 
       F#m       E
I just filled up your
     D    E    A
tank earlier today
E   A  D A-E/G#-F#m-E-D-A/C#-Bm-A/C#-
yeah!!!

A-E/G#-F#m-E-D-A/C#-Bm--

   F#m       E
So Drive yourself 
  D
insane tonight
     F#m
It's not that
E    D
far away and 
       F#m       E
I just filled up your
     D    E    A
tank earlier today
E   A
yeah!!!
E   A  D A/C# Bm A(hold)
yeah!!!