The Mercy Seat chords by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Guitar chords with lyrics
- Difficulty: Beginner 👶
Key: Em
Intro:
N.C.
It began when they come took me from my home
And put me in Dead Row
Of which I am nearly wholly innocent, you know
And I’ll say it again
I am not afraid to die
Verse 1:
Em Bm
I began to warm and chill
Em Bm
To objects and their fields,
Em Bm
A ragged cup, a twisted mop
Em Bm
The face of Jesus in my soup
Em Bm
Those sinister dinner meals
Em Bm
The meal trolley’s wicked wheels
Em Bm Em
A hooked bone rising from my food
Bm
All things either good or ungood
Chorus:
Em
And the mercy seat is waiting
Em
And I think my head is burning
Bm
And in a way I’m yearning
D Dm
To be done with all this measuring of truth
An eye for an eye
F
A tooth for a tooth
C
An anyway I told the truth
Em
And I’m not afraid to die
Verse 2:
Em Bm
Interpret signs and catalogue
Em Bm
A blackened tooth, a scarlet fog
Em Bm
The walls are bad, black bottom kind
Em Bm
They are the sick breath at my hind
Em Bm
They are the sick breath at my hind
Em Bm
They are the sick breath at my hind
Em Bm Em Bm
They are the sick breath gathering at my hind
Chorus:
Em
I hear stories from the chamber
Em
How Christ was born into a manger
Bm
And like some ragged stranger
D
Died upon the cross
Dm F
And might I say it seems so fitting in its way
C
He was a carpenter by trade
Em
Or at least that’s what I’m told.
Verse 3:
Em Bm
Like my good hand I
Em Bm
Tattooed E.V.I.L. across it’s brother’s fist
Em Bm
That filthy five! They did nothing
Em Bm
To challenge or resist
Chorus:
Em
In Heaven His throne is made of gold
Em
The ark of His testament is stowed
Bm
A throne from which I’m told
D
All history does unfold
Dm
Down here it’s made of wood & wire
F C
And my body is on fire
Em
And God is never far away
Em
Into the mercy seat I climb
Em
My head is shaved, my head is wired
Bm
And like a moth that tries
D
To enter the bright eye
Dm
I go shuffling out of life
F C
Just to hide in death awhile
Em
And anyway I never lied
Verse 4:
Em Bm
My kill-hand is called E.V.I.L
Em Bm
Wears a wedding band that’s G.O.O.D
Em Bm
‘Tis a long-suffering shackle
Em Bm
Collaring all that rebel blood
Chorus:
Em
And the mercy seat is waiting
Em
And I think my head is burning
Bm
And in a way I’m yearning
D Dm
To be done with all this measuring of truth
An eye for an eye
F
And a tooth for a tooth
C
An anyway I told the truth
Em
And I’m not afraid to die
Chorus:
Em
And the mercy seat is burning
Em
And I think my head is glowing
Bm
And in a way I’m hoping
D Dm
To be done with all this weighing up of truth
An eye for an eye
F
And a tooth for a tooth
C
And I’ve got nothing left to lose
Em
And I’m not afraid to die
Chorus:
Em
And the mercy seat is glowing
Em
And I think my head is smoking
Bm
And in a way I’m hoping
D Dm
To be done with all these looks of disbelief
An eye for an eye
F
And a tooth for a tooth
C
And anyway there was no proof
Em
Nor a motive why
Chorus:
Em
And the mercy seat is smoking
Em
And I think my head is melting
Bm
And in a way I’m helping
D Dm
To be done with all this twisting of the truth
A lie for a lie
F
And a truth for a truth
C
And I’ve got nothing left to lose
Em
And I’m not afraid to die
Chorus:
Em
And the mercy seat is melting
Em
And I think my head is boiling
Bm
And in a way I’m spoiling
D
All the fun with all this truth and consequence
Dm
An eye for an eye
F
And a truth for a truth
C
An anyway I told the truth
Em
And I’m not afraid to die
Chorus:
Em
And the mercy seat is waiting
Em
And I think my head is burning
Bm
And in a way I’m yearning
D Dm
To be done with all this measuring of proof
Dm
A life for a life
F
And a truth for a truth
C
And anyway there was no proof
Em
But I’m not afraid to tell a lie
Chorus:
Em
And the mercy seat is waiting
Em
And I think my head is burning
Bm
And in a way I’m yearning
D Dm
To be done with all this measuring of truth.
Dm
An eye for an eye
F
And a truth for a truth
C
An anyway I told the truth
Em
But I’m afraid I told a lie Published:
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