Note: Every version of the Mercy Seat is different and
almost infinitely extendable. The version here is
how I play the chords, plus the lyrics that appear
in the booklet for the Tender Prey CD (with quite a few changes).
In short, this is just an approximation, so choose your own
lyrics from the vast selection that appear below.
The chords are defined at the end
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 SI(addE)
I began to warm and chill
MIm SI(addE)To objects and their fields
A ragged cup, a twisted mop
MIm SI(addE)The face of Jesus in my soup
MIm SI(addE)Those sinister dinner deals
The meal trolley's wicked wheels
MIm SI(addE)A hooked bone rising from my
MIm SI(addE)food. All things good or ungood.
MI5
And the mercy seat is waiting
And I think my head is burning
MI5 MI5(addB)And in a way I'm yearning to be
RE5 RE5(addA)done with all this measuring of
truth, An eye for an eye and a tooth for a
FA5 FA5(addC)tooth, And anyway I told the
DO5 DO5(addG)truth, And I'm not afraid to die.
MIm SI(addE)
Interpret signs and catalogue
A blackened tooth, a scarlet fog
MIm SI(addE)The walls are bad. Black. Bottom kind.
MIm SI(addE)They are the sick breath at my hind
They are the sick breath at my hind
MIm SI(addE)They are the sick breath at my hind
MIm SI(addE)They are the sick breath gathering
at my hind.
I hear stories from the
MI5 MI5(addB)chamber, How Christ was born into a
MI5 MI5(addB)manger And like some ragged stranger
Died upon the cross, And might I
RE5 RE5(addA)say it seems so fitting in its
FA5 FA5(addC)way He was a carpenter by
trade, Or at least that's what I'm
MIm SI(addE)told.
MIm SI(addE)
MIm SI(addE)
Like my good hand
I tattooed E.V.I.L. across it's
MIm SI(addE)brother's fist
MIm SI(addE)That filthy five! They did
nothing to resist.
In heaven His throne is made of gold
MI5 MI5(addB)The ark of His testament is
MI5 MI5(addB)stowed, A throne from which I'm told all
history does unfold, Down here it's
RE5 RE5(addA)made of wood and wire, And my
FA5 FA5(addC)body is on fire
And God is never far away.
Into the mercy seat I climb
MIm SI(addE)My head is shaved, my head is
MIm SI(addE)wired, And like a moth that tries to
enter the bright eye, so I go
RE5 RE5(addA)shuffling out life, Just to
FA5 FA5(addC)hide in death a while
And anyway I never lied.
My kill-hand is called E.V.I.L.
MIm SI(addE)Wears a wedding band that's G.O.O.D.
MIm SI(addE)'Tis a long suffering shackle
Collaring all that rebel blood
And the mercy seat is waiting
MI5(addB)And I think my head is burning
MI5 MI5(addB)And in a way I'm yearning to be
done with all this measuring of
RE5 RE5(addA)truth, An eye for an eye and a tooth for a
FA5 FA5(addC)tooth, And anyway I told the
truth, And I'm not afraid to die.
And the mercy seat is burning
MI5(addB)And I think my head is glowing
MI5 MI5(addB)And in a way I'm hoping to be
done with all this weighing up of
RE5 RE5(addA)truth, An eye for an eye and a tooth for a
FA5 FA5(addC)tooth, And anyway I told the
truth, And I'm not afraid to die.
And the mercy seat is glowing
MI5(addB)And I think my head is smoking
MI5 MI5(addB)And in a way I'm hoping to be
done with all these looks of disbeleif
RE5 RE5(addA)An eye for an eye and a tooth for a
FA5 FA5(addC)tooth, And anyway I there was no
proof, Nor a motive why.
And the mercy seat is smoking
MI5(addB)And I think my head is melting
MI5 MI5(addB)And in a way I'm helping to be
done with all this twisting of
RE5 RE5(addA)truth, An eye for an eye and a truth for a
FA5 FA5(addC)truth, And anyway I told the
truth, And I'm not afraid to die.
And the mercy seat is melting
MI5(addB)And I think my blood is boiling
MI5 MI5(addB)And in a way I'm spoiling all the
fun with all this truth and consequence
RE5 RE5(addA)An eye for an eye and a truth for a
FA5 FA5(addC)truth, And anyway I told the
truth, And I'm not afraid to die.
And the mercy seat is waiting
MI5(addB)And I think my head is burning
MI5 MI5(addB)And in a way I'm yearning to be
done with all this measurement of
RE5 RE5(addA)proof, A lie for a lie and a truth for a
FA5 FA5(addC)truth, And anyway there was no
proof, And I'm not afraid to tell a lie.
And the mercy seat is waiting
MI5(addB)And I think my head is burning
MI5 MI5(addB)And in a way I'm yearning to be
done with all this measurment of
RE5 RE5(addA)proof, An eye for an eye and a truth for a
FA5 FA5(addC)truth, And anyway I told the
truth, And I'm afraid I told a lie.
Chords:
E -0---0--------0---0--------------------------------------------------|
B -0---0--------0---0--------------------------------------------------|
G -0---4--------9---9---------7---7---------10--10--------5---5--------|
D -2---4--------9---9---------7---7---------10--10--------5---5--------|
A -2---2--------7---7---------5---5---------8---8---------3---3--------|
E -0---0--------0---7-------------5-------------8-------------3--------|
Note: Every version of the Mercy
..Seat is different and
almost infinitely
..extendable. The version here is
how I play the chords, plus
..the lyrics that appear
in the booklet for the
..Tender Prey CD (with quite a few
..changes).
In short, this is just an
..approximation, so choose your
..own
lyrics from the vast
..selection that appear below.
The chords are defined at
..the end
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 SI(addE)
I began to warm and chill
To objects and their fields
MIm SI(addE)A ragged cup, a twisted mop
MIm SI(addE)The face of Jesus in my soup
Those sinister dinner deals
MIm SI(addE)The meal trolley's wicked
..wheels
MIm SI(addE)A hooked bone rising from my
MIm SI(addE)food. All things good or
..ungood.
MI5
And the mercy seat is waiting
MI5(addB)And I think my head is burning
And in a way I'm yearning to be
RE5 RE5(addA)done with all this measuring of
RE5 RE5(addA)truth, An eye for an eye and
..a tooth for a
FA5 FA5(addC)tooth, And anyway I told the
truth, And I'm not afraid to
..die.
MIm SI(addE)
Interpret signs and catalogue
A blackened tooth, a scarlet
..fog
The walls are bad. Black.
..Bottom kind.
They are the sick breath at my
..hind
They are the sick breath at my
..hind
They are the sick breath at my
..hind
They are the sick breath
..gathering
at my hind.
I hear stories from the
MI5chamber, How Christ was born
MI5(addB).. into a
manger And like some ragged
..stranger
Died upon the cross, And might
..I
say it seems so fitting in its
FA5 FA5(addC)way He was a carpenter by
DO5 DO5(addG)trade, Or at least that's what
..I'm
MIm SI(addE)told.
MIm SI(addE)
Like my good hand
MIm SI(addE)I tattooed E.V.I.L. across it's
MIm SI(addE)brother's fist
That filthy five! They did
MIm SI(addE)nothing to resist.
MI5 MI5(addB)
In heaven His throne is made of
..gold
MI5 MI5(addB)The ark of His testament is
MI5 MI5(addB)stowed, A throne from which
..I'm told all
RE5 RE5(addA)history does unfold, Down here
..it's
RE5 RE5(addA)made of wood and wire, And my
body is on fire
DO5 DO5(addG)And God is never far away.
MIm SI(addE)
Into the mercy seat I climb
MIm SI(addE)My head is shaved, my head is
wired, And like a moth that
..tries to
enter the bright eye, so I go
RE5 RE5(addA)shuffling out life, Just to
FA5 FA5(addC)hide in death a while
And anyway I never lied.
My kill-hand is called E.V.I.L.
MIm SI(addE)Wears a wedding band that's
..G.O.O.D.
MIm SI(addE)'Tis a long suffering shackle
MIm SI(addE)Collaring all that rebel blood
MI5
And the mercy seat is waiting
And I think my head is burning
MI5 MI5(addB)And in a way I'm yearning to be
RE5 RE5(addA)done with all this measuring of
truth, An eye for an eye and
..a tooth for a
tooth, And anyway I told the
DO5 DO5(addG)truth, And I'm not afraid to
..die.
And the mercy seat is burning
MI5(addB)And I think my head is glowing
MI5 MI5(addB)And in a way I'm hoping to be
done with all this weighing up
..of
truth, An eye for an eye and
..a tooth for a
tooth, And anyway I told the
DO5 DO5(addG)truth, And I'm not afraid to
..die.
And the mercy seat is glowing
MI5(addB)And I think my head is smoking
MI5 MI5(addB)And in a way I'm hoping to be
done with all these looks of
..disbeleif
An eye for an eye and a
..tooth for a
tooth, And anyway I there was
..no
proof, Nor a motive why.
And the mercy seat is smoking
MI5(addB)And I think my head is melting
MI5 MI5(addB)And in a way I'm helping to be
done with all this twisting of
RE5 RE5(addA)truth, An eye for an eye and
..a truth for a
FA5 FA5(addC)truth, And anyway I told the
DO5 DO5(addG)truth, And I'm not afraid to
..die.
MI5
And the mercy seat is melting
MI5(addB)And I think my blood is boiling
And in a way I'm spoiling all
..the
fun with all this truth and
..consequence
An eye for an eye and a
..truth for a
truth, And anyway I told the
DO5 DO5(addG)truth, And I'm not afraid to
..die.
And the mercy seat is waiting
MI5(addB)And I think my head is burning
MI5 MI5(addB)And in a way I'm yearning to be
done with all this measurement
..of
proof, A lie for a lie and a
..truth for a
truth, And anyway there was
..no
proof, And I'm not afraid to
..tell a lie.
MI5
And the mercy seat is waiting
And I think my head is burning
MI5 MI5(addB)And in a way I'm yearning to be
RE5 RE5(addA)done with all this measurment
..of
RE5 RE5(addA)proof, An eye for an eye and
..a truth for a
FA5 FA5(addC)truth, And anyway I told the
truth, And I'm afraid I told
..a lie.
Chords:
E -0---0--------0---0------------
B -0---0--------0---0------------
G -0---4--------9---9---------7--
D -2---4--------9---9---------7--
A -2---2--------7---7---------5--
E -0---0--------0---7------------
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-|-7---------10--10--------5---5--
-|-7---------10--10--------5---5--
-|-5---------8---8---------3---3--
-|-5-------------8-------------3--
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