Merciful Wound

 
F             C 
Im 17 again, fumbling and modest. 
F                       C 
Same old couch and that same silly promise that 
F                        Am 
Its just you and me and no one else will ever see 
   Dm                                F       C 
If thats enough for you, babe, its fine by me. 
 

 
     F        C              F          C 
This merciful wound that you left on my heart 
    F 
I'm grateful for the bleeding 
              Dm      C 
keeps me from falling apart 
              F       Am 
I just keep following you 
    G 
but youre the one thats lost 
       F                    Dm 
all I know all I know all I know 
                C 
thats just the cost 
 

 
    F         C        F           C 
Of waiting on promises we cant fulfill 
F          C              F           C 
Wishing on teardrops that it could be real. 
         F                 C 
You were mine for so long, mine in my mind 
Dm                            F         C 
Knowing the truth has made it harder to find. 
        F          C            F                C 
Now its locked away, all the love that we made 
       Dm                               F          C 
But if thats your treasure, babe, its enough for me. 
 

 
     F        C              F          C 
This merciful wound that you left on my heart 
    F 
I'm grateful for the bleeding 
              Dm      C 
keeps me from falling apart 
              F       Am 
I just keep following you 
    G 
but youre the one thats lost 
       F                    Dm 
all I know all I know all I know 
                C 
thats just the cost 
 

 
   F 
Is absinthe still your lullaby? 
       Dm 
Do you still feel the need? 
         F 
when you lift your head and close your eyes, 
       C         Dm 
Do you still see me? 
F 
so many questions, but of one thing Im sure 
       C 
Im in love with the scar you left 

I hope you like yours. 
 

 
     F        C              F          C 
This merciful wound that you left on my heart 
    F 
I'm grateful for the bleeding 
              Dm      C 
keeps me from falling apart 
              F       Am 
I just keep following you 
    G 
but youre the one thats lost 
       F                    Dm 
all I know all I know all I know 
                C 
thats just the cost