Mercy bound chords by Joan Baez
Intro 1
G
C
G
D
Dsus4
Am
Dsus4
D
Verse 1
G
Late
last night I awoke in a dream
Dm
To the sound of a voice that
Am
was almost a scream
G
Dsus4
D
Oh oh oh
Dsus4
G
From out of the city
and out of the street
Dm
Out where the wind hits
Am
the cold concrete
G
Dsus4
D
Oh oh oh
New- Play with audio & scroll
Upgrade to play 20,000+ songs ads free, and enjoy playing with music.
Verse 2
C
Csus2
Dsus4
G
C
G
C
It's cold outside
G
D
C
Darkness your enemy
D
C
D
C
No place to hide
G
Am
The voice said this to me
G
C
In your doorways I have shivered
In your alleys I have gone
Dsus4
D
to ground
Am
But I will be delivered
G
D
Dsus4
Someday I will be mercy
G
bound
Interlude 1
G
Am
D
Dsus4
D
Verse 3
G
I dreamed again it was west L.A.
Dm
On a crowded street on
Am
a hot summer day
G
Dsus4
D
She was alone
G
Three months late and beginning to show
Dm
In a midriff blouse she
would soon outgrow
Am
She had no one to call
G
Dsus4
D
C
And no way home
G
C
G
C
And in my mind
G
D
Dsus4
D
Dsus4
C
I knew I'd seen myself
D
C
Em
D
But in our blindness
C
G
Am
G
It always seems like someone else
C
There I was a rag a bone
Dsus4
D
A remnant in your lost and found
Am
I was for once truly alone
D
Dsus4
Longing to be mercy bound
G
C
Verse 4
G
Eb
And I knew that I would
wander as child in the forest
F
Till they found me
Eb
And I called out to them but I could
not penetrate the silence
Cm
G
All around me
Interlude 2
G
C
G
Am
D
C
Verse 5
G
C
G
C
G
And when I wake I know
D
G
D
C
you'll comfort me
D
C
And I won't sleep again
D
C
G
Am
for an eternity
But others lie awake at night
In desperation more profound
And the coming of the morning light
G
Will not see them mercy bound
Verse 6
C
And some will never dream again
Dsus4
From sleeping on the ground
D
Am
Just longing to belong
G
D
And dying to be
Dsus4
D
G
C
G
mercy bound
Am
Oh please don't stop
your dreaming
D
Someday we'll all be mercy bound
Outro 1
G
Am
D
Dsus4
D
G
C
G
Am
D
Dsus4
D
G
G
Mercy bound
Joan baez
Speed: 1.0x
RestartPlay SpaceEnable loopDisable audioMore songs by Joan Baez
Discover chords for more songs to play
5.0
Related songs
Discover chords for more songs to play
Popular chords globally
Most played chords & tabs across all users