Tom: D [A7/G 302220] [Intro] A7 D A G D/F# C A [Verse 1] A A/E A7/G A What would be the first thing, D A You'd say to the Lord? A A/E A7/G A And the last thing you would dream, D A If you couldn't dream no more? A A/C A7/G A D A Won't you please help me to understand, G D/F# C A Is there no mercy in this land? A7 A No mercy in this land. [Verse 2] A A/E A7/G A D A Followed the ri---ver 'til the river ran dry, A A/E A7/G A D A Followed my lo---ver 'til we said goodbye, A A/C A7/G A D A Followed you through sol--diers, who fire on command, G D/F# C A A7 A Is there no mercy in this land? [Interlude] A A/E A7/G A D A A A/E A7/G A D A A A/C A7/G A D A G D/F# C A A7 A [Verse 3] A A/E A7/G A These days I speak in whis-pers, D A Travel only to and from, A A/E A7/G A Come close you'll see the red, D A Of a well bitten tongue, A A/C A The righteous and the wretched, D A The holy and the damned, G D/F# C A Is there no mercy in this land? A7 A No mercy in this land. [Interlude] A D A A D A A D A G D/F# C A [Verse 4] A A/E A7/G A D A Father left us down here all alone, A A/E A7/G A D A My poor mo---ther is under a stone, A A/C D A With an aching heart and trembling hands, G D/F# C A A/C A Is there no mercy in this land? [Outro] A A/E A7/G D A A A/E A7/G D A A A/C A7/G D A G D/F# C A A7 A G D/F# C A A7 A