Chords for Mercy Street

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_ _ _ Looking down on empty streets, all she can see
[A] are the dreams all made so, [F#m] are the dreams made real. _
[C#m] _ All of the buildings, _ all of the cars, [A] were once just a dream
in [F#] _ somebody's head.
[C#m] She pictures the broken glass, pictures the steam,
[A] she pictures a soul.
[F#m] And all we got to [C#m] see is take the boat out, wait until darkness.
Let's take the boat out, wait until darkness _ comes. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Nowhere in the corridors of pale green and grey,
[A] _ nowhere in the suburbs [F#m] in the cold light of day.
[C#m] There in the midst of it, so alive and alone,
_ [A] _ once a four [B] light bulb, dreaming [C#] of [A] the sea [B] street. _ _ _
[C#m] Where you're [E] inside [A] out, dreaming [E] of _ mercy, _
[A] _ _ _ [B] in [C#m] your daddy's arms _ [B] again. _ _ _
[C#m] _ _ [A] Mercy _ [B] _ street, _ _ _ [C#m] sweat, they [B] move [A] that sign,
dreaming [E] of mercy _ _ [A] _ _ [C#] _ in [C#m] your _ daddy's arms. _ _ _
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Pulling out the papers, in drawers that slide smooth,
[A] looking at the darkness, _
[F#m] word upon word.
[C#m] Fessing all those secret things in a warm velvet box,
[A] to the priest, he's the doctor, [F#m] he can handle the shocks.
_ [C#m] Dreaming of the tenderness that trembled in the hips,
[A] of kissing _ _ [B] Mary's lips.
_ Dreaming [C#] of _ [A] mercy _ [B] _ street, _ _ [C#m] where you're inside [A] out,
dreaming [E] of mercy _ _ [A] in _ [B] _ _
[C#m] your daddy's arms [B] again. _
_ [E] Dreaming of _ _ [A] mercy _
[B] street, _ _ _ [C#m] sweat, they move [A] that sign,
_ [B] looking for [E] mercy _ _ [A] in _
[E] _ _ [C#m] your daddy's arms. _
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_ _ _ _ _ He's out in the boat, [A] _ riding the water,
_ [F#m] _ riding the waves on the [C#m] sea. _ _ _ _
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