Mercy Seat
Johnny CashVersion1
90
Chords in this song
Strum
D-DU-UDU
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Simply , repeated
These are put before some of the chord changes, the song sounds fine without them.
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Chords
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(The parts that don't have the chords, is to be played like the chorus)
It ALL began when they come took me from my home
And put me on Death Row,
a crime for which I am totally innocent, you know.
I began to warm and chill
To objects and their fields,
A ragged cup, a twisted mop
The face of Jesus in my soup
Those sinister dinner deals
The meal trolley's wicked wheels
A hooked bone rising from my food
All things either good or ungood.
And the mercy seat is waiting
And I think my head is burning
And in a way I'm yearning
To be done with all this weighing of the truth.
An eye for an eye
And a tooth for a tooth
And anyway I told the truth
And I'm not afraid to die.
I hear stories from the chamber
Christ was born into a manger
And like some ragged stranger
He died upon the cross. Might I say,
it seems so fitting in its way
He was a carpenter by trade
Or at least that's what I'm told
My kill-hand's tatooed E.V.I.L.
across it's brother's fist
That filthy five!
They did nothing to challenge or resist.
In Heaven His throne is made of gold
The ark of his Testament is stowed
A throne from which I'm told
All history does unfold.
It's made of wood and wire
And my body is on fire
And God is never far away.
Into the mercy seat I climb
My head is shaved, my head is wired
And like a moth that tries
To enter the bright eye
I go shuffling out of life
Just to hide in death awhile
And anyway I never lied.
And the mercy seat is waiting
And I think my head is burning
And in a way I'm yearning
To be done with all this weighing of the truth.
An eye for an eye
And a tooth for a tooth
And anyway I told the truth
And I'm not afraid to die.
And the mercy seat is burning
And I think my head is glowing
And in a way I'm hoping
To be done with all this twisting of the truth.
An eye for an eye
And a tooth for a tooth
And anyway there was no proof
And I'm not afraid to die.
And the mercy seat is glowing
And I think my head is smoking
And in a way I'm hoping
To be done with all these looks of disbelief.
A life for a life
And a truth for a truth
And I've got nothing left to lose
And I'm not afraid to die.
And the mercy seat is smoking
And I think my head is melting
And in a way that's helping
To be done with all this twisting of the truth
An eye for an eye
And a tooth for a tooth
And anyway I told the truth
But I'm afraid I told a lie.
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Readable chord sheet for Mercy Seat by Johnny Cash
|---|-------------------| |---|-------------------| |---|-------------------| |---|-------------------| |---|-------0---0-------| |-0-|-2h3h4-------3-2-0-| Simply [Am], [E] repeated These are put before some of the chord changes, the song sounds fine without them. |---------------| |---------------| |---------------| |---------------| |-----0---------| |-3-4-----3-2-0-| Chords |-0----0----0----3----3----1----0----0----| |-1----1----1----0----3----3----1----1----| |-2----1----0----0----3----3----2----2----| |-2----2----2----0----5----3----3----2----| |-0----0----0----2----5----1----0----0----| |-0----0----0----3----3----1---------0----| [Am] [AmMaj7] [Am7] [G] [Gm] [Bb] [Fmaj7] [Am] (The parts that don't have the chords, is to be played like the chorus) It ALL began when they come took me from my home And put me on Death Row, a crime for which I am totally innocent, you know. I [Am]began to warm and chi[E]ll To[Am] objects and their fie[E]lds, A [Am]ragged cup, a twisted [E]mop Th[Am]e face of Jesus in my s[E]oup Th[Am]ose sinister dinner dea[E]ls Th[Am]e meal trolley's wicked wh[E]eels A [Am]hooked bone rising from my f[E]ood Al[Am]l things either good or ungo[E]od. [Am]And the mercy seat is waiting [AmMaj7]And I think my head is burning [Am7]And in a way I'm yearning To be d[G]one with all this weighing of the tr[Gm]uth. An eye for an eye And a tooth for a t[Bb]ooth And anyway I told the [Fmaj7]truth And I'm not afraid to d[Am]ie. [Am] [E] [Am] [E] [Am]I hear stories from the chamber [AmMaj7]Christ was born into a manger [Am7]And like some ragged stranger He di[G]ed upon the cross. Might I s[Gm]ay, it seems so fitting in its [Bb]way He was a carpenter by [Fmaj7]trade Or at least that's what I'm to[Am]ld [Am] [E] [Am] [E] [Am]My kill-hand's tatooed E.V.[E]I.L. [Am]across it's brother's fi[E]st [Am]That filthy five[E]! [Am]They did nothing to challenge or res[E]ist. [Am]In Heaven His throne is made of [AmMaj7]gold The ark of his Testament is stow[Am7]ed A throne from which I'm told All h[G]istory does unfold. [Gm]It's made of wood and wire And my [Bb]body is on fire [Fmaj7]And God is never far a[Am]way. [Am]Into the mercy seat I cl[AmMaj7]imb My head is shaved, my head is w[Am7]ired And like a moth that tries To [G]enter the bright eye I go [Gm]shuffling out of life Just to [Bb]hide in death awhile [Fmaj7]And anyway I never [Am]lied. [Am]And the mercy seat is waiting [AmMaj7]And I think my head is burning [Am7]And in a way I'm yearning To be [G]done with all this weighing of the tr[Gm]uth. An eye for an eye And a tooth for a [Bb]tooth And anyway I told the t[Fmaj7]ruth And I'm not afraid to d[Am]ie. [Am]And the mercy seat is burning [AmMaj7]And I think my head is glowing [Am7]And in a way I'm hoping To be [G]done with all this twisting of the tr[Gm]uth. An eye for an eye And a tooth for a [Bb]tooth And anyway there was no [Fmaj7]proof And I'm not afraid to d[Am]ie. [Am]And the mercy seat is glowing [AmMaj7]And I think my head is smoking [Am7]And in a way I'm hoping To be [G]done with all these looks of disbe[Gm]lief. A life for a life And a truth for a [Bb]truth And I've got nothing left to [Fmaj7]lose And I'm not afraid to d[Am]ie. [Am]And the mercy seat is smoking [AmMaj7]And I think my head is melting [Am7]And in a way that's helping To be [G]done with all this twisting of the t[Gm]ruth An eye for an eye And a tooth for a [Bb]tooth And anyway I told the [Fmaj7]truth But I'm afraid I told a l[Am]ie.