Train To Mercy chords by The Walkabouts

• Capo on 3rd
• Difficulty: Intermediate 💪

Key: Bb

Verse 1:
G                                                  F  Fsus2   F  Fsus2
Last time that I saw you
you were on the killing floor
C               Csus2    C         Csus2               G  Gsus2   G  Gsus2
Last time that I saw you
all the tears had turned to clay
G              Gsus2     G         Gsus2              F  Fsus2   F  Fsus2
Still I haven't panicked
come and pull the stitches tight
C              Csus2   C           Csus2              G  Gsus2   G  Gsus2
No room for the panic
come and pull the stitches tight

Chorus:
          G          Gsus2    G       Gsus2         Am  Asus2   Am  Asus2
There’s a late train to Mercy   but I hope it never comes
          C          Csus2    C       Csus2         G   Gsus2   G   Gsus2
There’s a late train to Mercy   but I hope it never comes


Verse 2:
G                 Gsus2    G  Gsus2                     F  Fsus2   F  Fsus2
Well it moves like winter
it moves with brute force
C                 Csus2    C        Csus2         G  Gsus2   G  Gsus2
Well it moves like winter
set an empire in its course
G                  Gsus2   G  Gsus2                 F  Fsus2   F  Fsus2
Heard the breakman holler:          "Cannot slow it down"
C                  Csus2   C  Csus2                 G  Gsus2   G  Gsus2
Heard the breakman holler:          "Cannot slow it down"


Chorus:
          G          Gsus2    G       Gsus2         Am  Asus2   Am  Asus2
There’s a late train to Mercy   but I hope it never comes
          C          Csus2    C       Csus2         G   Gsus2   G   Gsus2
There’s a late train to Mercy   but I hope it never comes


[Synth/flute solo]
G Gsus2   G Gsus2   F Fsus2   F Fsus2
C Csus2   C Csus2   G Gsus2   G Gsus2
[repeat once]


Verse 3:
G            Gsus2    G           Gsus2            F  Fsus2   F  Fsus2
Help me poor Melissa
hide the hope behind your door
C            Csus2    C          Csus2          G  Gsus2   G  Gsus2
Help me poor Melissa
put the hope into your trust
G            Gsus2            G       Gsus2              F  Fsus2   F  Fsus2
Is the whole world big enough
for the bitter and the sweet ?
C            Csus2            C       Csus2              G  Gsus2   G  Gsus2
Is the whole world big enough
for the wicked and the few ?


Chorus:
          G          Gsus2    G       Gsus2         Am  Asus2   Am  Asus2
There’s a late train to Mercy   but I hope it never comes
          C          Csus2    C       Csus2         G   Gsus2   G   Gsus2
There’s a late train to Mercy   but I hope it never comes


Chorus 2:
          G          Gsus2     G      Gsus2         Am  Asus2   Am  Asus2
Makes you beg, steal and borrow  so I hope it never comes
          C          Csus2    C       Csus2         G   Gsus2   G   Gsus2
There’s a late train to Mercy   but I hope it never comes


[Guitar solo over verse]
G Gsus2   G Gsus2   F Fsus2   F Fsus2
C Csus2   C Csus2   G Gsus2   G Gsus2
(repeat 6x)