Dale Ann Bradley - Mercy Railroad Chords

[Intro]
Am    Am    Am    Am
 
[Verse]
Am
Dear child of mine
Dm                     Am
You may never get this letter
                          E              Am
I'm full of sorrow, but I had to get you back
Am
Scared I believe
Dm                Am
I put you on this road to freedom
                         E         Am     Am
Far from Virginia on the rail underground
 
Am
Cloaked by the rain
     Dm                      Am
That whispered there is just room for the baby
Am
So before one tear could fall
         E               Am
You were in a stranger's arms
Am                     Dm               Am
Vanished with the wind carried north to Mason, Dixon
                                   E           Am
Just before they found me and they open all my scars
 
[Chorus]
   C
By now the sun is shining
       G              Am
You've surely found a better place
F                                 G    Em
Broken all the chains around your soul
    C
But don't, don't you worry
  G              Am
A ticket home is in my hand
   F                       E7
To ride heaven's mercy railroad
   Am
So blow whistle blow
      D                Am
Cause when I cross the river Jordan
Dm                  E7            Am
  I'm going to find freedom of my own
 
[Solo]
Am    Am    Dm    Am    Am    Am    E7    Am
 
Am    Am    Dm    Am    Am    Am    E7    Am
 
C     C     G     Am    F     F     Em    Em
 
C     C     G     Am    F     F     E7    E7
 
[Verse]
    Am
I'm nearing my journeys end
    Dm                 Am
The will to strain and carry on
                         E7                Am
Past the troubled waters rising since that night
             G     D                             Dm
But just one moment  I see a tunnel thats coming fast
Dm                           E7                 Am
  Darkness surrounds me, but soon their will be light
 
[Chorus]
   C
By now the sun is shining
       G              Am
You've surely found a better place
F                                 G    Em
Broken all the chains around your soul
    C
But don't, don't you worry
  G              Am
A ticket home is in my hand
   F                       E7
To ride heaven's mercy railroad
   Am
So blow whistle blow
      D                Am
Cause when I cross the river Jordan
Dm                  E7
  I'm going to find freedom of my
 
Am
Blow whistle blow
      D                Am
Cause when I cross the river Jordan
                  E7
I'm going to find freedom of my
Am
Blow whistle blow
      D                Am                Dm
Cause when I cross the river Jordan(that river)
                  E             F
I'm going to find freedom of my own
 
[Outro]
F
Ticket home is in my hand
E            Am
I can see my journeys end
Dm
  I'm going to find (I'm going to find),(I'm going to find)
  E7            Am
A freedom of my own
 
Am     Dm    Am    F    E7    Am
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