Mercy Seat Chords

Standard (EADGBE)

Intro

Verse

 Simply Am, E repeated

Chorus

Am AmMaj7 Am7 G Gm A♯ F7M 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 Ambegan to warm and chiEll

 ToAm objects and their fieElds,

 A Amragged cup, a twisted Emop

 ThAme face of Jesus in my sEoup

 ThAmose sinister dinner deaEls

 ThAme meal trolley's wicked whEeels

 A Amhooked bone rising from my fEood

 AlAml things either good or ungoEod.

AmAnd the mercy seat is waiting

AmMaj7And I think my head is burning

Am7And in a way I'm yearning

 To be dGone with all this weighing of the trGmuth.

An eye for an eye

 And a tooth for a tA♯ooth

 And anyway I told the F7Mtruth

 And I'm not afraid to dAmie.

Am E Am E

AmI hear stories from the chamber

AmMaj7Christ was born into a manger

Am7And like some ragged stranger

 He diGed upon the cross. Might I sGmay,

 it seems so fitting in its A♯way

 He was a carpenter by F7Mtrade

 Or at least that's what I'm toAmld

Am E Am E

AmMy kill-hand's tatooed E.V.EI.L.

Amacross it's brother's fiEst

AmThat filthy fiveE!

AmThey did nothing to challenge or resEist.

AmIn Heaven His throne is made of AmMaj7gold

 The ark of his Testament is stowAm7ed

A throne from which I'm told

 All hGistory does unfold.

GmIt's made of wood and wire

 And my A♯body is on fire

F7MAnd God is never far aAmway.

AmInto the mercy seat I clAmMaj7imb

 My head is shaved, my head is wAm7ired

And like a moth that tries

 To Genter the bright eye

 I go Gmshuffling out of life

 Just to A♯hide in death awhile

F7MAnd anyway I never Amlied.

AmAnd the mercy seat is waiting

AmMaj7And I think my head is burning

Am7And in a way I'm yearning

 To be Gdone with all this weighing of the trGmuth.

An eye for an eye

 And a tooth for a A♯tooth

 And anyway I told the tF7Mruth

 And I'm not afraid to dAmie.

AmAnd the mercy seat is burning

AmMaj7And I think my head is glowing

Am7And in a way I'm hoping

 To be Gdone with all this twisting of the trGmuth.

An eye for an eye

 And a tooth for a A♯tooth

 And anyway there was no F7Mproof

 And I'm not afraid to dAmie.

AmAnd the mercy seat is glowing

AmMaj7And I think my head is smoking

Am7And in a way I'm hoping

 To be Gdone with all these looks of disbeGmlief.

A life for a life

 And a truth for a A♯truth

 And I've got nothing left to F7Mlose

 And I'm not afraid to dAmie.

AmAnd the mercy seat is smoking

AmMaj7And I think my head is melting

Am7And in a way that's helping

 To be Gdone with all this twisting of the tGmruth

An eye for an eye

 And a tooth for a A♯tooth

 And anyway I told the F7Mtruth

 But I'm afraid I told a lAmie.