Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - The Mercy Seat (Live From KCRW) Chords

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_ [Em] _ I began [Bm] to warm and chill [Em] to _ [Bm] objects in their fields
[Em] A ragged cup, [Bm] a twisted mop, _ [Em] the face of Jesus [Bm] in my soup
_ [Em] _ Those sinister [Bm] dinner deals, [Em] _ the mail [Bm] trolleys, wicked _ [Em] wills
A [Bm] bone rising from [Em] my food, all [Bm] things good or ungood
[Em] _ And the mercy seed is awaiting, and I think my head is burning
In a way I'm yearning to [D] be done with all this weighing up [Dm] the truth
An eye for an eye and a tooth [F] for a tooth
In any way I told [C] the truth and I'm not afraid [G] to [Em] die
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_ _ [Em] _ The interpret [B] sign [Bm] and [Em] catalog, a [Bm] blackened tooth, a scarlet [Em] fog
The walls [Bm] are bad, black bottom [Em] kind, _ they are [Bm] the sick breath at my [Em] hind
And I hear stories from the chamber how Christ was born into a manger
And like some ragged stranger [D] died upon the cross
And [Dm] might I say it seems so fitting in [F] his way
He was a carpenter [C] by _ trade, or at least that's [Em] what I'm told
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[E] _ My kill hand [B] is [Em] evil, and Christ [Bm] is brother's fist _
[Em] _ That filthy [Bm] five did nothing [Em] to challenge or [Bm] _ resist
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_ In heaven his throne is made of gold, and the ark of his testament is stowed
A throne from which I'm [D] told all history does unfold
Down [Dm] here it's made of a wooden wire, _ [Am] and [F] my body is on fire
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God is never far [Em] away, my kill [Bm] hand is called [Em] evil _
Where's a [Bm] wedding band that's [Em] good, there's a long [Bm] suffering [Em] shackle _ _
Coloring [Bm] all that rebel blood
[Em] _ And the mercy seat is awaiting, _ and I think my head is burning
In a way I'm [Am] [D] yearning to be done with all this weighing up [Dm] the truth
An eye for an eye and [F] a tooth for a tooth
And anyway _ I told [C] the truth, and I'm not afraid [Em] to die
And the mercy seat is burning, _ and I think my head is glowing
In a way I'm hoping to [D] be done with all this weighing up [Dm] the truth
An eye for an eye and a tooth [F] for a tooth
And I got nothing [C] left to lose, and I'm not afraid [G] to [Em] die
And the mercy seat is smoking, and I think my head is boiling
In a way it's spoiling [D] all the fun with all this truth and [Dm] consequence
An eye for an eye and a tooth [F] for a tooth
And anyway I [C] told the truth, and I'm afraid I [Em] told a lie _
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