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The Mercy Seat (Nick Cave)

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