ALKALINE TRIO
"MERCY ME"
CRIMSON
Tuning:standard
INTRO:
Gtr. 1 2x's
e||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
B||o2-2-3-3-5-5-2-2-|-3-3-5-5-2-2-3-3-|-2-2-3-3-5-5-2-2-|-3-3-5-5-5-3-2-2o||
G||-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-||
D||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
A||o----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------o||
E||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
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|Gtr. 2
e||-----------------||8x's
B||o2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2o||
G||-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-||
D||-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-||
A||o0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0o||
E||-----------------||
VERSE 1:
|PM..............................................................| 2x's
e||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
B||o----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------o||
G||-----2-------2---|-----2-------2---|-----2-------2---|-----2-----------||
D||-----2-------2---|-----2-------2---|-----2-------2---|-----2-----4-4-4-||
A||o0-0---0-0-0---0-|-0-0---0-0-0---0-|-0-0---0-0-0---0-|-0-0---0-0-x-x-xo||
E||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------2-2-2-||
"It's been a long day..." "I took a"
"long walk, straight back home..." "San Francisco"
|PM..| |.....| |.......| |.....| |.......| |.....| |.......| |...|
e|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
G|-----2-------2---|-----2-------2---|-----2-------2---|-----2-----------|
D|-----2-------2---|-----2-------2---|-----2-------2---|-----2-----4-4-4-|
A|-0-0---0-0-0---0-|-0-0---0-0-0---0-|-0-0---0-0-0---0-|-0-0---0-0-x-x-x-|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------2-2-2-|
"I used to long for" "But now I'm"
|PM..| |.....| |.......| |.....| |......................................|
e|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
G|-----2-------2---|-----2-------2---|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----2-------2---|-----2-------2---|-----------------|-----------------|
A|-0-0---0-0-0---0-|-0-0---0-0-0---0-|-0-0-2-2-2-2-4-4-|-5-5-5-5-4-4-2-2-|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
"Losing faith in everything..." "I'm lost at sea, you see"
Then play INTRO
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VERSE 2:
|PM..| |.....| |.......| |.....| |.......| |.....| |.......| |...|
e|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
G|-----2-------2---|-----2-------2---|-----2-------2---|-----2-----------|
D|-----2-------2---|-----2-------2---|-----2-------2---|-----2-----4-4-4-|
A|-0-0---0-0-0---0-|-0-0---0-0-0---0-|-0-0---0-0-0---0-|-0-0---0-0-x-x-x-|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------2-2-2-|
"I used to long for broken bones..." "I never"
|PM..| |.....| |.......| |.....| |......................................|
e|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
G|-----2-------2---|-----2-------2---|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----2-------2---|-----2-------2---|-----------------|-----------------|
A|-0-0---0-0-0---0-|-0-0---0-0-0---0-|-0-0-2-2-2-2-4-4-|-5-5-5-5-4-4-2-2-|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
"Had a problem facing fear, but I'm dying over and out my dear and"
CHORUS: 2x's
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B||o----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------o||
G||-----------------|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-----------------|-----------------||
D||-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-||
A||o4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2o||
E||-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-----------------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-||
"Oh mercy me____ God bless catastrophe"
"There's no way in Hell we'll ever live to see through this so,"
BRIDGE: 2x's
e||---------------------|-----------------||-----------------|
B||o--------------------|----------------o||-----------------|
G||-11-11-11-11-9-9-9-9-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-||-7-7-7-7-7-9-9-9-|
D||-11-11-11-11-9-9-9-9-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-||-7-7-7-7-7-9-9-9-|
A||o-9--9--9--9-7-7-7-7-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5o||-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-|
E||---------------------|-----------------||-----------------|
"Drive yourself" "not that far away"}"Yeah___"
"and I just..." "earlier today" }
Play INTRO
VERSE 3: 2x's
e||----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------||
B||o2~-------------|----------------|----------------|---------------o||
G||-2~-------------|----------------|----------------|----------------||
D||-2~-------------|----------------|----------------|----------4-4-4-||
A||o0~-------------|----------------|----------------|----------x-x-xo||
E||----------------|----------------|----------------|----------2-2-2-||
"It's been a long day..." "I took a"
"Long walk, straight back home..." "Chicago"
|PM..| |.....| |.......| |.....| |.......| |.....| |.......| |...|
e|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
G|-----2-------2---|-----2-------2---|-----2-------2---|-----2-----------|
D|-----2-------2---|-----2-------2---|-----2-------2---|-----2-----4-4-4-|
A|-0-0---0-0-0---0-|-0-0---0-0-0---0-|-0-0---0-0-0---0-|-0-0---0-0-x-x-x-|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------2-2-2-|
"I used to long for time alone..." "but now I'm"
|PM..| |.....| |.......| |.....| |......................................|
e|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
G|-----2-------2---|-----2-------2---|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----2-------2---|-----2-------2---|-----------------|-----------------|
A|-0-0---0-0-0---0-|-0-0---0-0-0---0-|-0-0-2-2-2-2-4-4-|-5-5-5-5-4-4-2-2-|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
"Losing faith in everything, I'm lost, so lost, I'm lost without you"
Then play CHORUS, BRIDGE, INTRO, BRIDGE, INTRO
THE END
This song is pretty easy, and I put in some lyrics to help w/ timing
