Am                             Am7 
Looking down on empty streets, all she can see, 
        Dm/F                           Dm7 
Are the dreams all made solid, are the dreams made real, 
Am                    Am7 
All of the buildings, all of the cars, 
     Dm/F                 Dm7 
Were once just a dream in somebody's head, 
    Am                         Am7 
She pictures the broken glass, pictures the steam, 
    Dm/F                 Dm7            Am 
She pictures a soul with no leak at the seams

Am 
Take the boat out! (Wait until darkness) 
Am                                          Am/G Am 
Let's take the boat out! (Wait until dark - ness comes)

Am                          Am7 
Nowhere in the corridors of pale green and grey, 
Dm/F                           Dm7 
Nowhere in the suburbs, in the cold light of day, 
Am                               Am7 
There in the midst of it, so a - live and alone, 
F             F/C  G 
Words support like bone

G           Am    F  G       Am             Am/G  F 
Dreaming of Mer - cy Street, wear your in - side  out, 
            C     F  F/A  G/B         Am               G 
Dreaming of mercy...          in your daddy's arms a - gain, 
            Am    F  F/A   G       Am               Am/G  F 
Dreaming of Mer - cy-----  Street, swear they moved that  sign, 
            C     F  F/A  G/B          Am 
Dreaming of mercy...           in your daddy's arms 
    Am      Asus2   Am      Asus2 
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Am                              Am7 
Pulling out the papers from the drawers that slide smooth, 
Dm/F                     Dm7 
Tugging at the darkness, word upon word, 
      Am                                    Am7 
Con - fessing all the secret things, in the warm velvet box, 
       Dm/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             F/C  G 
Of kissing Mar - y's  lips

G           Am    F  G        Am             Am/G  F 
Dreaming of Mer - cy Street,  wear your in - side  out, 
            C     F  F/A G/B          Am               G 
Dreaming of mercy...          in your daddy's arms a - gain, 
            Am    F  F/A   G       Am               Am/G  F 
Dreaming of Mer - cy-----  Street, swear they moved that  sign, 
            C     F  F/A G/B            Am 
Looking for mercy...            in your daddy's arms 
    Am      Asus2  Am      Asus2 
||: /  /  /  /  |  /  /  /  /  :||[x2]

Am       A7sus4               Am     Am/G 
Mercy ...mercy ...looking for mercy, 
Am       A7sus4               Am 
    Oo---oo,   ...looking for mercy, 
Am     G                Am     G 
Mercy-----, looking for mercy, 
            Am    Asus2   G              Am 
Looking for mer - cy,        looking for mercy, 
G           Am     F               Am 
   Oh - oh, mercy,     looking for mercy

Am                        Am7 
Anne, with her father, is out in the boat, 
Dm/F              Dm7                               Am 
Riding the water, riding the waves...  on the sea