Mercy of the Flame
Mark Heard
Album: Dry Bones Dance

Intro (repeats)
A (4 beats) G (2beats) D (2 beats)
A                                          F#m       E
You can't recall me on my own and you are amused
A                                 F#m      C#m
But this knot is not a noose, I love her
D          Bm          D              E
I'd do it all again don't pity me

A F#m C#m
I know what I'm doing
F#m    D     E           A                F#m
I don't even feel the pain love ignites
      C#m    D
And I have been so long
          Bm                 E
At the mercy of the flame

Repeat Intro

A                               F#m         E
She's a fever in my bones, I'll never get well
A                                            F#m    C#m
You can laugh and you can tell I'm hopeless
D                 Bm        D              E
I'll take that chance, don't pity me

Chorus

A
At the mercy of a fever
      C#m
I'm wax in the sun
F#m         D
Oh-she's more than a flame
             Bm
And I'll gladly be burned
     D
I'll gladly be burned
     E             Esus E
I'll gladly be burned

A                                     F#m       E
Have my senses taken leave? I doubt if you know
A                                        F#m      C#m
You just see me growing old but I feel it
D            Bm                         D             E
I feel the same as always, don't pity me

Chorus

Repeat Intro (as outro)