Mercy Street – Peter Gabriel Chords Used: There's Not Really Any

Chords Used:

There’s not really any “strumming” in the version I provide. Instead it’s more of a fingerstyle song. As always, focus on the same concept of fingerstyle by starting with low and high melody together, then mid-melody, and then back to low and high melody again. I give a little introduction to this in the instructional part of this collection.

Capo – Fret 4

Intro: Am

Verse 1:

(Am) Am7 Looking down on empty streets, all she can see… F Dm7 Are the dreams all made solid? Are the dreams made real? Am Am7 All of the buildings, all of the cars… F Dm7 Were once just a dream, in somebody’s head. Am Am7 She pictures the broken glass, pictures the steam…. F Dm7 Am She pictures a soul, with no leak at the seam….

Bridge:

(Am) Let's take the boat out, (Wait until darkness)… Let's take the boat out, (Wait until darkness comes)… (hold Am)

Verse 2:

(Am) Am7 Nowhere in the corridors, of pale green and grey… F Dm7 Nowhere in the suburbs, in the cold light of day… Am Am7 There in the midst of it, so alive and alone…. F G Words support like bone.

Chorus 1: C F G Dreaming of Mer-cy Street, Am Em F Where you're in-side out. C F G Dreaming of mercy,

Am G In your daddy's arms a-gain. C F G Dreaming of Mer-cy Street, Am Em F Swear they moved that sign. C F G Dreaming of mercy, Am In your daddy's arms...

Interlude:

Am – Am7 – F – Dm7 (x2)

Verse 3:

Am Am7 Pulling out the papers, from the drawers that slide smooth… F Dm7 Tugging at the darkness, word upon word. Am Am7 Con-fessing all the secret things, in the warm velvet box… F Dm7 To the priest; he's the doctor, he can handle the shocks. Am Am7 Dreaming of the tenderness, the tremble in the hips… F G of kissing Mary's lips.

Chorus 2:

C F G Mer-cy Street, Am Em F Where you're in-side out. C F G Dreaming of mercy, Am G In your daddy's arms a-gain. C F G Dreaming of Mer-cy Street, Am Em F Swear they moved that sign. C F G Dreaming of mercy, Am In your daddy's arms... (Am) Am7 Anne with her father, is out in the boat…. F Dm7 Am Riding the water, riding the waves on the sea.