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Mercy Street

Peter Gabriel

Key: CEnglish
185 bpm
Intro
C#m A C#m E 
Verse
C#mLooking down on empty streets, all she can see
Are the Adreams all made solid
Are the F#mdreams all made real
C#mAll of the buildings, all of those cars
AWere once just a dream
In F#msomebody's head
She C#mpictures the broken glass, she pictures the steam
She Apictures a soul
With F#mno leak at the seam
Pre-chorus
Let's C#mtake the boat out
Wait until darkness
Let's take the boat out
Wait until darkness comes
Verse
C#mNowhere in the corridors of pale green and grey
ANowhere in the suburbs
F#mIn the cold light of day
C#mThere in the midst of it so alive and alone
AWords support like bone B 
Chorus
Dreaming of mercy Astreet B 
C#mWear your inside out A 
Dreaming of mercy E A 
BIn your daddy's C#marms again B 
Dreaming of merC#cy Astreet B 
C#m'Swear they moved that sign A 
Dreaming of mercy E A 
BIn your C#mdaddy's arms
Instrumental
A C#m A C#m A C#m 
Verse
C#mPulling out the papers from the drawers that slide smooth
ATugging at the darkness, word F#mupon word
C#mConfessing all the secret things in the warm velvet box
ATo the priest-he's the doctor
F#mHe can handle the shocks
C#mDreaming of the tenderness-the tremble in the hips
Of Akissing Mary's lips B 
Chorus
Dreaming of mercy C#m Astreet B 
C#mWear your insides out A 
Dreaming of mercy
E A B 
In C#myour daddy's arms again B 
Dreaming of mercy Astreet B 
C#m'Swear they moved that sign A 
Looking for merEcy A B 
In your C#mdaddy's arms
Instrumental
A C#m A C#m A C#m 
Bridge
Mercy, mercy, looking for mercy
BMercy, mercy, looking C#mfor mercy
B C#m B C#m B C#m 
Verse
Anne, with her father is out in the boat
ARiding the water
F#mRiding the waves on the sea C#m 

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  2. v3 — Anonymous, — ajout tempo (BPM 185, deezer)
  3. v2 — Anonymous, — réparation import auto
  4. v1 — Daniel B., — Import storage/import-cho