Johnny Cash - Mercy seat
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I'm a lazy guitar player so I wrote the whole song out for ya.
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Standard tuning - EADGBe
INTRO
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VERSE
Simply Am, E repeated
These are put before some of the chord changes, the song sounds fine without them.
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CHORUS
Chords
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Am AmMaj7 Am7 G Gm Bb Fmaj7 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 warmE and chill
ToAm objects and tEheir fields,
A Amragged cup, a Etwisted mop
ThAme face of JesusE in my soup
ThAmose sinister diEnner deals
ThAme meal trolley's wEicked wheels
A Amhooked bone rising fErom my food
AlAml things either goodE or ungood.
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 tBbooth
And anyway I told the Fmaj7truth
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 Bbway
He was a carpenter by Fmaj7trade
Or at least Amthat's what I'm told
Am / E / Am / E
AmMy kill-hand's tEatooed E.V.I.L.
Amacross iEt's brother's fist
AmThat fEilthy five!
AmThey did nothiEng to challenge or resist.
AmIn Heaven AmMaj7His throne is made of gold
The ark Am7of his Testament is stowed
A throne from which I'm told
All hGistory does unfold.
GmIt's made of wood and wire
And my Bbbody is on fire
Fmaj7And God is never far aAmway.
AmInto theAmMaj7 mercy seat I climb
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 Bbhide in death awhile
Fmaj7And 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 allGm this weighing of the truth.
An eye for an eye
And a tooth for a Bbtooth
And anyway I told the tFmaj7ruth
And I'm notAm afraid to die.
AmAnd the mercy seat is burning
AmMaj7And I think my head is glowing
Am7And in a way I'm hoping
To be Gdone with allGm this twisting of the truth.
An eye for an eye
And a tooth for a Bbtooth
And anyway there was no Fmaj7proof
And I'm notAm afraid to die.
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 looGmks of disbelief.
A life for a life
And a truth for a Bbtruth
And I've got nothing left to Fmaj7lose
And I'm notAm afraid to die.
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 oGmf the truth
An eye for an eye
And a tooth for a Bbtooth
And anyway I told the Fmaj7truth
But I'm afraid I tAmold a lie.