The Mercy Seat

The Mercy Seat: Chords

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
MIm         SIm
 To objects and their fields,
MIm              SIm
 A ragged cup, a twisted mop
MIm                SIm
 The face of Jesus in my soup
MIm             SIm
 Those sinister dinner deals
MIm                 SIm
 The meal trolley's wicked wheels
MIm            SIm            MIm
 A hooked bone rising from my food
           SIm            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
            SIm              MIm
A blackened tooth, a scarlet fog
              SIm                MIm
The walls are bad  Black  Bottom kind
              SIm           
They are sick breath at my hind
MIm                   SIm
 They are sick breath at my hind
         MIm                         SIm
They are sick breath gathering at my hind
         MIm         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
MIm          SIm
That filthy five! 
                 MIm          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

             SIm               MIm
My kill-hand is called E.V.I.L.
                SIm                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...

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The Mercy Seat è un brano scritto e interpretato da Nick Cave, contenuto nell'album Tender Prey pubblicato nel 1988. Quinto lavoro in studio per il rocker australiano e i suoi Bad Seeds, è stato registrato a Berlino Ovest ed è interamente dedicato all'attore brasiliano Fernando Ramos da Silva, morto nel 1987 a soli vent'anni durante uno scontro con la polizia. La canzone è la traccia d'apertura dell'album nonché il primo singolo estratto; scritta insieme a Mick Harvey vede come protagonista un condannato sulla sedia elettrica.

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Alberto Moneti

36 anni, polistrumentista: pianoforte, chitarra, batteria, clarinetto. Ha conseguito la licenza in teoria musicale e solfeggio presso il Conservatorio Cherubini di Firenze. Dal 1997 è organista presso la Basilica di Santa Maria del Sasso, a Bibbiena (AR).