The Mercy Seat

Accordi The Mercy Seat

MIm          
 It began when they come took me from my home

And put me in Dead Row,

Of which I am nearly wholly innocent, you know

And I'll say it again

I.. am.. not.. afraid.. to.. die
MIm         
SIm
 I began to warm and chill
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SIm
 To objects and their fields,
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SIm
 A ragged cup, a twisted mop
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SIm
 The face of Jesus in my soup
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SIm
 Those sinister dinner deals
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SIm
 The meal trolley's wicked wheels
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MIm
 A hooked bone rising from my food
           
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MIm
All things either good or ungood

And the mercy seat is waiting

And I think my head is burning
SIm
 And in a way I'm yearning
      
RE                              
REm
To be done with all this measuring of proof
       
An eye for an eye
              
FA
A tooth for a tooth
                      
DO
And anyway I told the truth
                      
MIm
And I'm not afraid to die

          
SIm           
MIm   
Interpret signs and catalogue
            
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MIm
A blackened tooth, a scarlet fog
              
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MIm
The walls are bad  Black  Bottom kind
              
SIm           
They are sick breath at my hind
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SIm
 They are sick breath at my hind
         
MIm                         
SIm
They are sick breath gathering at my hind
         
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SIm       
MIm    
SIm
They are sick breath gathering  at my hind
MIm
 I hear stories from the chamber
                            
SIm
How Christ was born into a manger

And like some ragged stranger
RE
Died upon the cross
            
REm                             
FA          
And might I say, it seems so fitting in its way
                      
DO
He was a carpenter by trade
                            
MIm
Or at least that's what I'm told

     
SIm
Like my good hand
         
MIm                 
SIm
tattooed E.V.I.L. across it's brother's fist
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SIm
That filthy five! 
                 
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SIm
They did nothing to challenge or resist
MIm            
 In Heaven His throne is made of gold
                            
SIm
The ark of his Testament is stowed

A throne from which I'm told
    
RE
All history does unfold
               
REm
Down here it's made of wood and wire
                  
FA
And my body is on fire
DO                     
MIm               
 And God is never far away
                      
Into the mercy seat I climb
                              
SIm
My head is shaved, my head is wired

And like a moth that tries
   
RE
To enter the bright eye
        
REm
So I go shuffling out of life
        
FA
Just to hide in death awhile
DO                  
MIm
 And anyway I never lied

             
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MIm
My kill-hand is called E.V.I.L.
                
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MIm
Wears a wedding band that's G.O.O.D.
            
SIm
'Tis a long-suffering shackle
MIm     
SIm               
MIm
 Collaring all that devil blood

And the mercy seat is a-burning

And I think my head is flowing
SIm
 And in a way I'm hoping
      
RE                                
REm
To be done with all this weighing up of truth

An eye for an eye
                  
FA
And a tooth for a tooth
                             
DO
And I've got nothing left to lose
                      
MIm
And I'm not afraid to die

And the mercy seat is waiting
                              
SIm
And I think my head is burning

And in a way I'm yearning
      
RE                              
REm
To be done with all this measuring of proof

An eye for an eye
                  
FA
And a tooth for a tooth
                         
DO
And anyway, there was no proof
                 
MIm
And nor a motive why

And the mercy seat is waiting
                               
SIm
And I think my head is burning
                    
And in a way I'm yearning
                
RE                    
REm    
To be done with all this measuring of proof

A life for a life
                  
FA
And a tooth for a tooth
                        
DO
And anyway there was no proof
                      
MIm
And I'm not afraid to die

Now the mercy seat is waiting
                              
SIm
And I think my head is smoking
                     
And in a way I'm hoping
      
RE                                
REm
To be done with all these looks of disbelief

A eye for an eye
                  
FA
And a tooth for a tooth
                      
DO
And anyway I told the truth
                      
MIm
And I'm not afraid to die
                           
And the mercy seat is waiting
                              
SIm
And I think my head is burning

And in a way I'm yearning
      
RE                              
REm      
To be done with all this measuring of proof

An eye for an eye
                  
FA
And a tooth for a tooth
                      
DO
And anyway I told the truth
                      
MIm
And I'm not afraid to die

And the mercy seat is waiting
                               
SIm
And I think my head is burning
                   
And in a way I'm yearning
      
RE                              
REm
To be done with all this measuring of proof

A eye for a eye
                  
FA
And a tooth for a tooth
                      
DO
And anyway I told the truth
                      
MIm
But I'm not afraid to lie

And the mercy seat is waiting
                               
SIm
And I think my head is burning
      
And in a way I'm yearning
      
RE    
To be done with all this measuring of proof
REm
 An eye for an eye
                  
FA
And a tooth for a tooth
                      
DO
And anyway I told the truth
                        
MIm
But I'm afraid I told a lie...