Mercy Street
Peter Gabriel • Key:
⭐ Official Master Chart
OLGA Archive
Mercy Street
Peter Gabriel
Dbm
Looking down on empty streets,
E/Db
all she can see
Are the
Gbm/A
dreams all made solid, are the
Gbm
dreams made real
Dbm
All of the buildings,
E/Db
all of the cars
Were
Gbm/A
once just a dream in
E/Db
somebody's head
She
Dbm
pictures the broken glass,
E/Db
pictures the steam
She
A
pictures a soul with
A/Gb
no leak at the seam
Dbm
Let's take the boat out (wait until darkness)
Dbm
Let's take the boat out (wait until darkness comes)
Nowhere in the corridors of pale green and grey
Nowhere in the suburbs, in the cold light of day
There in the midst of it so alive and alone
A
Words support like
B
bone
chorus
Chorus
Dreaming of
E/Db
Mer--
A
cy
B
Street,
Dbm
wear your in
Abm/B
side
A9
out
Dreaming of
E
mercy
A
B
in your
Dbm
daddy's arms
B
again
Dreaming of
E/Db
Mer--
A
cy
B
Street,
Dbm
swear they moved
Abm/B
that
A9
sign
Dreaming of
E
mercy
A
B
in your
Dbm
daddy's arms
solo
E/Db
A
E/Db
A
Dbm
Pulling out the papers from the drawers that slide smooth
Tugging at the darkness, word upon word
Confessing all the secret things in the warm velvet box
To the priest-he's the doctor, he can handle the shocks
Dreaming of the tenderness-the tremble in the hips
Of
A
kissing Mary's
B
lips
chorus
#repeat solo
Dbm
Mercy, mercy looking for mercy
Dbm
Mercy,
B
looking for
Db
mercy
B
Looking for
Dbm
mercy
A
Looking for
Dbm
mercy...
Dbm
Anne with her father is
E/Db
out in the boat
Gbm/A
Riding the water,
Gbm
riding the waves on the
Dbm
sea
Speed