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The Mercy Seat (Nick Cave)

		Em B(addE)  
I began to warm and chill  
Em B(addE)  
To objects and their fields  
Em B(addE)  
A ragged cup, a twisted mop  
Em B(addE)  
The face of Jesus in my soup  
Em B(addE)  
Those sinister dinner deals  
Em B(addE)  
The meal trolley's wicked wheels  
Em B(addE)  
A hooked bone rising from my  
Em B(addE)  
food. All things good or ungood.  
 
E5  
And the mercy seat is waiting  
E5(addB)  
And I think my head is burning  
E5 E5(addB)  
And in a way I'm yearning to be  
D5 D5(addA)  
done with all this measuring of  
D5 D5(addA)  
truth, An eye for an eye and a tooth for a  
F5 F5(addC)  
tooth, And anyway I told the  
C5 C5(addG)  
truth, And I'm not afraid to die.  
 
Em B(addE)  
Interpret signs and catalogue  
Em B(addE)  
A blackened tooth, a scarlet fog  
Em B(addE)  
The walls are bad. Black. Bottom kind.  
Em B(addE)  
They are the sick breath at my hind  
Em B(addE)  
They are the sick breath at my hind  
Em B(addE)  
They are the sick breath at my hind  
Em B(addE)  
They are the sick breath gathering  
Em B(addE)  
at my hind.  
 
E5 E5(addB)  
I hear stories from the  
E5 E5(addB)  
chamber, How Christ was born into a  
E5 E5(addB)  
manger And like some ragged stranger  
D5 D5(addA)  
Died upon the cross, And might I  
D5 D5(addA)  
say it seems so fitting in its  
F5 F5(addC)  
way He was a carpenter by  
C5 C5(addG)  
trade, Or at least that's what I'm  
Em B(addE)  
told.  
 
Em B(addE)  
 
Em B(addE)  
Like my good hand  
Em B(addE)  
I tattooed E.V.I.L. across it's  
Em B(addE)  
brother's fist  
Em B(addE)  
That filthy five! They did  
Em B(addE)  
nothing to resist.  
 
E5 E5(addB)  
In heaven His throne is made of gold  
E5 E5(addB)  
The ark of His testament is  
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stowed, A throne from which I'm told all  
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history does unfold, Down here it's  
D5 D5(addA)  
made of wood and wire, And my  
F5 F5(addC)  
body is on fire  
C5 C5(addG)  
And God is never far away.  
 
Em B(addE)  
Into the mercy seat I climb  
Em B(addE)  
My head is shaved, my head is  
Em B(addE)  
wired, And like a moth that tries to  
D5 D5(addA)  
enter the bright eye, so I go  
D5 D5(addA)  
shuffling out life, Just to  
F5 F5(addC)  
hide in death a while  
C5 C5(addG)  
And anyway I never lied.  
 
Em B(addE)  
My kill-hand is called E.V.I.L.  
Em B(addE)  
Wears a wedding band that's G.O.O.D.  
Em B(addE)  
'Tis a long suffering shackle  
Em B(addE)  
Collaring all that rebel blood  
 
E5  
And the mercy seat is waiting  
E5(addB)  
And I think my head is burning  
E5 E5(addB)  
And in a way I'm yearning to be  
D5 D5(addA)  
done with all this measuring of  
D5 D5(addA)  
truth, An eye for an eye and a tooth for a  
F5 F5(addC)  
tooth, And anyway I told the  
C5 C5(addG)  
truth, And I'm not afraid to die.  
 
E5  
And the mercy seat is burning  
E5(addB)  
And I think my head is glowing  
E5 E5(addB)  
And in a way I'm hoping to be  
D5 D5(addA)  
done with all this weighing up of  
D5 D5(addA)  
truth, An eye for an eye and a tooth for a  
F5 F5(addC)  
tooth, And anyway I told the  
C5 C5(addG)  
truth, And I'm not afraid to die.  
 
E5  
And the mercy seat is glowing  
E5(addB)  
And I think my head is smoking  
E5 E5(addB)  
And in a way I'm hoping to be  
D5 D5(addA)  
done with all these looks of disbeleif  
D5 D5(addA)  
 An eye for an eye and a tooth for a  
F5 F5(addC)  
tooth, And anyway I there was no  
C5 C5(addG)  
proof, Nor a motive why.  
 
E5  
And the mercy seat is smoking  
E5(addB)  
And I think my head is melting  
E5 E5(addB)  
And in a way I'm helping to be  
D5 D5(addA)  
done with all this twisting of  
D5 D5(addA)  
truth, An eye for an eye and a truth for a  
F5 F5(addC)  
truth, And anyway I told the  
C5 C5(addG)  
truth, And I'm not afraid to die.  
 
E5  
And the mercy seat is melting  
E5(addB)  
And I think my blood is boiling  
E5 E5(addB)  
And in a way I'm spoiling all the  
D5 D5(addA)  
fun with all this truth and consequence  
D5 D5(addA)  
 An eye for an eye and a truth for a  
F5 F5(addC)  
truth, And anyway I told the  
C5 C5(addG)  
truth, And I'm not afraid to die.  
 
E5  
And the mercy seat is waiting  
E5(addB)  
And I think my head is burning  
E5 E5(addB)  
And in a way I'm yearning to be  
D5 D5(addA)  
done with all this measurement of  
D5 D5(addA)  
proof, A lie for a lie and a truth for a  
F5 F5(addC)  
truth, And anyway there was no  
C5 C5(addG)  
proof, And I'm not afraid to tell a lie.  
 
E5  
And the mercy seat is waiting  
E5(addB)  
And I think my head is burning  
E5 E5(addB)  
And in a way I'm yearning to be  
D5 D5(addA)  
done with all this measurment of  
D5 D5(addA)  
proof, An eye for an eye and a truth for a  
F5 F5(addC)  
truth, And anyway I told the  
C5 C5(addG)  
truth, And I'm afraid I told a lie.  
 
Chords:  
 
E|-0--0-------0--0--------------------------------------|  
B|-0--0-------0--0--------------------------------------|  
G|-0--4-------9--9--------7--7--------10--10-------5--5-|  
D|-2--4-------9--9--------7--7--------10--10-------5--5-|  
A|-2--2-------7--7--------5--5--------8---8--------3--3-|  
E|-0--0-------0--7-----------5------------8-----------3-|  
 Em B(addE) E5 E5(addB) D5 D5(addA) F5 F5(addC) C5 C5(addG)