Chords for Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds_The Mercy Seat (Live) (2003)
Tempo:
78 bpm
Chords used:
Em
C
Dm
F
Bm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[C] [Em]
[Bm] [Em]
I began to warm and chill to objects in their fields.
A ragged company twisted pop, the face of Jesus in my soup.
Hello [Bm] sinister dead [Em] tales, male trolleys, wicked wheels.
A horn a-rising from my foot, all [G] things good or [Em] ungood.
And the [E] mercy seat is waiting, and I think my head is a-burning.
In a way I'm yearning [D] to be done with all this [G] weighing [Dm] up of truth.
An eye for an eye and a tooth for [F] a tooth, and in a way they had [C] no proof.
And I'm not [Em] afraid to die.
It's a grim siren call, a blackened tooth, a scarlet fog.
The [Bm] walls are red like [Em] bottom shine, and the other [Bm] sick breath in [Em] mine.
The other sick breath in mine.
The other sick breath in mine.
The other sick breath gathering up in [Bm] mine.
[E]
But I hear stories from the chamber how Christ was born into a manger.
And like some reddened [D] stranger died upon the cross.
[Dm] But I say it seems so fitting in its [F] way.
He was a carpenter [C] by trade, or at least that's [Em] what I'm told.
My [Bm] killer and his enemy [Em] go across his brother's [Bm] fist.
[Em] All I feel for my dead body to challenge all his sin.
And heaviness [E] thrown as he made a goal.
And the ark of his testament is stoned.
A throne from which I've [D] torn all the streets of the foot.
Down [Dm] here it's a gate of ruin where my [F] body is on fire.
[C] And I was never [Em] born.
It came to the mercy seat I got.
My inner shape I am his wife.
Locking up [D] her trust to eternal God.
I'll crawl no [Dm] shelf made out of wire.
[F] Just a [B] heart of copper wire.
[C] But there ain't no way [Em] I'm gonna die.
I can't wait to die.
Since I lost all the shackles, I've been a man with no blood.
I'm about 16, [E] so I'm ready.
I'm holding my head in the rain.
And I'm waiting out here.
[G] It's all a part of the whole [Dm] world.
I'm not sure that I'm gonna die.
Seems [F] so fitting.
The only thing I'm [C] spoken to.
And I'm not afraid [Em] to die.
I'm about 16, so I'm ready.
I'm holding my head in the smoke.
And I'm waiting out here.
[G] It's all [D] a part of the [Dm] whole world.
And I'm not afraid to die.
[F] Seems so fitting.
The only [C] thing I'm spoken to.
And I'm not afraid [Em] to die.
I'm about 16, so I'm ready.
[E] I'm holding my head in the smoke.
And I'm waiting out here.
[D] It's all a part of the whole world.
I'm not sure that I'm [Dm] gonna die.
[F] I'm about 16, so I'm ready.
[C] And I'm not afraid [Em] to die.
Seems [E] so fitting.
The only thing I'm spoken to.
And I'm [G] not afraid to die.
I'm about 16, so [Dm] I'm ready.
And I'm not afraid to die.
Seems [F] so fitting.
The only thing [C] I'm spoken to.
And I'm not afraid to die.
[Em] [Dm]
[F]
[C] [Em]
[B]
[Bm] [Em]
I began to warm and chill to objects in their fields.
A ragged company twisted pop, the face of Jesus in my soup.
Hello [Bm] sinister dead [Em] tales, male trolleys, wicked wheels.
A horn a-rising from my foot, all [G] things good or [Em] ungood.
And the [E] mercy seat is waiting, and I think my head is a-burning.
In a way I'm yearning [D] to be done with all this [G] weighing [Dm] up of truth.
An eye for an eye and a tooth for [F] a tooth, and in a way they had [C] no proof.
And I'm not [Em] afraid to die.
It's a grim siren call, a blackened tooth, a scarlet fog.
The [Bm] walls are red like [Em] bottom shine, and the other [Bm] sick breath in [Em] mine.
The other sick breath in mine.
The other sick breath in mine.
The other sick breath gathering up in [Bm] mine.
[E]
But I hear stories from the chamber how Christ was born into a manger.
And like some reddened [D] stranger died upon the cross.
[Dm] But I say it seems so fitting in its [F] way.
He was a carpenter [C] by trade, or at least that's [Em] what I'm told.
My [Bm] killer and his enemy [Em] go across his brother's [Bm] fist.
[Em] All I feel for my dead body to challenge all his sin.
And heaviness [E] thrown as he made a goal.
And the ark of his testament is stoned.
A throne from which I've [D] torn all the streets of the foot.
Down [Dm] here it's a gate of ruin where my [F] body is on fire.
[C] And I was never [Em] born.
It came to the mercy seat I got.
My inner shape I am his wife.
Locking up [D] her trust to eternal God.
I'll crawl no [Dm] shelf made out of wire.
[F] Just a [B] heart of copper wire.
[C] But there ain't no way [Em] I'm gonna die.
I can't wait to die.
Since I lost all the shackles, I've been a man with no blood.
I'm about 16, [E] so I'm ready.
I'm holding my head in the rain.
And I'm waiting out here.
[G] It's all a part of the whole [Dm] world.
I'm not sure that I'm gonna die.
Seems [F] so fitting.
The only thing I'm [C] spoken to.
And I'm not afraid [Em] to die.
I'm about 16, so I'm ready.
I'm holding my head in the smoke.
And I'm waiting out here.
[G] It's all [D] a part of the [Dm] whole world.
And I'm not afraid to die.
[F] Seems so fitting.
The only [C] thing I'm spoken to.
And I'm not afraid [Em] to die.
I'm about 16, so I'm ready.
[E] I'm holding my head in the smoke.
And I'm waiting out here.
[D] It's all a part of the whole world.
I'm not sure that I'm [Dm] gonna die.
[F] I'm about 16, so I'm ready.
[C] And I'm not afraid [Em] to die.
Seems [E] so fitting.
The only thing I'm spoken to.
And I'm [G] not afraid to die.
I'm about 16, so [Dm] I'm ready.
And I'm not afraid to die.
Seems [F] so fitting.
The only thing [C] I'm spoken to.
And I'm not afraid to die.
[Em] [Dm]
[F]
[C] [Em]
[B]
Key:
Em
C
Dm
F
Bm
Em
C
Dm
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Bm] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _
I began to warm and chill to objects in their fields.
A ragged company twisted pop, the face of Jesus in my soup.
Hello [Bm] sinister dead [Em] tales, male trolleys, wicked wheels.
A horn a-rising from my foot, all [G] things good or [Em] ungood.
And the [E] mercy seat is waiting, and I think my head is a-burning.
In a way I'm yearning [D] to be done with all this [G] weighing [Dm] up of truth.
An eye for an eye and a tooth for [F] a tooth, and in a way they had [C] no proof.
And I'm not [Em] afraid to die. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ It's a grim siren call, a blackened tooth, a scarlet fog.
The [Bm] walls are red like [Em] bottom shine, and the other [Bm] sick breath in [Em] mine.
The other sick breath in mine.
The other sick breath in mine.
The other sick breath gathering up in [Bm] mine.
[E] _
But I hear stories from the chamber how Christ was born into a manger.
And like some reddened [D] stranger died upon the cross.
[Dm] But I say it seems so fitting in its [F] way.
He was a carpenter [C] by trade, or at least that's [Em] what I'm told. _
_ _ _ _ _ My [Bm] killer and his enemy [Em] go across his brother's [Bm] fist.
[Em] All I feel for my dead body to challenge all his sin. _ _
And heaviness [E] thrown as he made a goal.
And the ark of his testament is stoned.
A throne from which I've [D] torn all the streets of the foot.
Down [Dm] here it's a gate of ruin where my [F] body is on fire.
[C] And I was never [Em] born.
It came to the mercy seat I got.
My inner shape I am his wife.
Locking up [D] her trust to eternal God.
I'll crawl no [Dm] shelf made out of wire.
[F] Just a [B] heart of copper wire.
[C] But there ain't no way [Em] I'm gonna die.
I can't wait to die.
_ _ _ _ Since I lost all the shackles, I've been a man with no blood.
I'm about 16, [E] so I'm ready.
I'm holding my head in the rain.
And I'm waiting out here.
[G] It's all a part of the whole [Dm] world.
I'm not sure that I'm gonna die.
Seems [F] so fitting.
The only thing I'm [C] spoken to.
And I'm not afraid [Em] to die.
I'm about 16, so I'm ready.
I'm holding my head in the smoke.
And I'm waiting out here.
[G] It's all [D] a part of the [Dm] whole world.
And I'm not afraid to die.
[F] Seems so fitting.
The only [C] thing I'm spoken to.
And I'm not afraid [Em] to die.
I'm about 16, so I'm ready.
[E] _ I'm holding my head in the smoke.
And I'm waiting out here.
[D] It's all a part of the whole world.
I'm not sure that I'm [Dm] gonna die.
[F] I'm about 16, so I'm ready.
[C] _ And I'm not afraid [Em] to die.
Seems [E] so fitting.
The only thing I'm _ spoken to.
And I'm [G] not afraid to die.
I'm about 16, so [Dm] I'm ready.
And I'm not afraid to die.
Seems [F] so fitting.
The only thing [C] I'm spoken to.
And I'm not afraid to die.
[Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Bm] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _
I began to warm and chill to objects in their fields.
A ragged company twisted pop, the face of Jesus in my soup.
Hello [Bm] sinister dead [Em] tales, male trolleys, wicked wheels.
A horn a-rising from my foot, all [G] things good or [Em] ungood.
And the [E] mercy seat is waiting, and I think my head is a-burning.
In a way I'm yearning [D] to be done with all this [G] weighing [Dm] up of truth.
An eye for an eye and a tooth for [F] a tooth, and in a way they had [C] no proof.
And I'm not [Em] afraid to die. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ It's a grim siren call, a blackened tooth, a scarlet fog.
The [Bm] walls are red like [Em] bottom shine, and the other [Bm] sick breath in [Em] mine.
The other sick breath in mine.
The other sick breath in mine.
The other sick breath gathering up in [Bm] mine.
[E] _
But I hear stories from the chamber how Christ was born into a manger.
And like some reddened [D] stranger died upon the cross.
[Dm] But I say it seems so fitting in its [F] way.
He was a carpenter [C] by trade, or at least that's [Em] what I'm told. _
_ _ _ _ _ My [Bm] killer and his enemy [Em] go across his brother's [Bm] fist.
[Em] All I feel for my dead body to challenge all his sin. _ _
And heaviness [E] thrown as he made a goal.
And the ark of his testament is stoned.
A throne from which I've [D] torn all the streets of the foot.
Down [Dm] here it's a gate of ruin where my [F] body is on fire.
[C] And I was never [Em] born.
It came to the mercy seat I got.
My inner shape I am his wife.
Locking up [D] her trust to eternal God.
I'll crawl no [Dm] shelf made out of wire.
[F] Just a [B] heart of copper wire.
[C] But there ain't no way [Em] I'm gonna die.
I can't wait to die.
_ _ _ _ Since I lost all the shackles, I've been a man with no blood.
I'm about 16, [E] so I'm ready.
I'm holding my head in the rain.
And I'm waiting out here.
[G] It's all a part of the whole [Dm] world.
I'm not sure that I'm gonna die.
Seems [F] so fitting.
The only thing I'm [C] spoken to.
And I'm not afraid [Em] to die.
I'm about 16, so I'm ready.
I'm holding my head in the smoke.
And I'm waiting out here.
[G] It's all [D] a part of the [Dm] whole world.
And I'm not afraid to die.
[F] Seems so fitting.
The only [C] thing I'm spoken to.
And I'm not afraid [Em] to die.
I'm about 16, so I'm ready.
[E] _ I'm holding my head in the smoke.
And I'm waiting out here.
[D] It's all a part of the whole world.
I'm not sure that I'm [Dm] gonna die.
[F] I'm about 16, so I'm ready.
[C] _ And I'm not afraid [Em] to die.
Seems [E] so fitting.
The only thing I'm _ spoken to.
And I'm [G] not afraid to die.
I'm about 16, so [Dm] I'm ready.
And I'm not afraid to die.
Seems [F] so fitting.
The only thing [C] I'm spoken to.
And I'm not afraid to die.
[Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _