The Mercy Seat
Nick Cave & The Bad SeedsVersions2TuningE2 A2 D3 G3 B3 E4 (low to high)
TuningE2 A2 D3 G3 B3 E4 (low to high) Download chord source (.txt)
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Chords in this song
Strum
D-DU-UDU
E|---O-------O------O------O------------------------|
B|---O-------O------O------O------------------------|
G|---O-------O------4------2------------------------|
D|---2-------4------4------4------------------------|
A|---2-------2------2------2------------------------|
E|---O-------O------O------O------------------------|
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It began when they came and took me from my home ...
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 meals The meal trolly's wicked wheels
A hooked bone rising from my food. All things either good or ungood
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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 measuring of truth
an eye for an eye a tooth for a tooth
and anyway i told the truth and I'm not afraid to die
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Readable chord sheet for The Mercy Seat by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Tuning: E2 A2 D3 G3 B3 E4 (low to high)
E|---O-------O------O------O------------------------|
B|---O-------O------O------O------------------------|
G|---O-------O------4------2------------------------|
D|---2-------4------4------4------------------------|
A|---2-------2------2------2------------------------|
E|---O-------O------O------O------------------------|
[Em] [E]* [E]^ [E]+
It began when they came and took me from my home ...
[Em] [E] [Em] [E]
[Em]I began to [E]warm and chill to [Em]objects and their f[E]ields
a[Em] ragged cup a tw[E]isted mop. the [Em]face of Jesus [E]in my soup
T[Em]hose sinister d[E]inner meals The [Em]meal trolly's wi[E]cked wheels
A h[Em]ooked bone ri[E]sing from my fo[Em]od. All things either [E]good or ungood
[Em] [E]^
And the mercy seat is waiting and I think my head is burning
[E]and in a way I'm yearning to be d[D]one with all this measuring of t[Dm]ruth
an eye for an eye a tooth for a [F]tooth
and anyway i told the t[C]ruth and I'm not afraid to d[Em]ie [E] [Em] [E]
Repeat the chords for Verse and chorus over the
remaining lyrics