Nick Cave And The Bad Seed – The Mercy Seat chords
Chords:
THE MERCY SEAT Picked this up online and it plays really great so I thought I'd share. There are some bizarre chords you will need for this song. There doesn't exist proper titles for these chords (except Em) and so I have labeled them with arbitrary symbols. The TAB shows each string and the numbering refers to fret position. You will have to work out which finger arrangements suit you best! An 'O' means the string is 'open' (i.e. you let the open string ring) whereas an 'X' means the string must not be allowed to ring out (i.e. don't play it or dampen it). I worked this out from the 'Live seeds' version rather than 'Tender Prey'E|---O-------O------O------O------------------------| B|---O-------O------O------O------------------------| G|---O-------O------4------2------------------------| D|---2-------4------4------4------------------------| A|---2-------2------2------2------------------------| E|---O-------O------O------O------------------------|Em E* E^ E+ It began when they came and took me from my home ... Em / E* / Em /E* VERSE:Em E* Em E* I began to warm and chill to objects and their fieldsEm E* Em E* a ragged cup a twisted mop. the face of Jesus in my soupEm E* Em E* Those sinister dinner meals The meal trolly's wicked wheelsEm E* Em E* A hooked bone rising from my food. All things either good or ungoodCHORUS:Em E^ And the mercy seat is waiting and I think my head is burningE+ D Dm and in a way I'm yearning to be done with all this measuring of truthF an eye for an eye a tooth for a toothC Em / E* / Em / E* and anyway i told the truth and I'm not afraid to dieRepeat the chords for Verse and chorus over the remaining lyrics