The Mercy Seat – Johnny Cash
Nghệ sĩ: Johnny Cash
Hợp Âm Chuẩn
Intro
N.C.
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.
Verse 1→ Phiên khúc
ch]Am[/ch] [ch]E[/ch
I began to warm and chill
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To objects and their fields,
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A ragged cup, a twisted mop
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The face of Jesus in my soup
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Those sinister dinner deals
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The meal trolley's wicked wheels
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A hooked bone rising from my food
ch]Am[/ch] [ch]E[/ch
All things either good or ungood.
ch]Am[/ch
And the mercy seat is waiting
ch]AmMaj7[/ch
And I think my head is burning
ch]Am7[/ch
And in a way I'm yearning
ch]G[/ch] [ch]Gm[/ch
To be done with all this weighing of the truth.
An eye for an eye
ch]Bb[/ch
And a tooth for a tooth
ch]Fmaj7[/ch
And anyway I told the truth
ch]Am[/ch
And I'm not afraid to die.
/ / /
Verse 2→ Phiên khúc
ch]Am[/ch
I hear stories from the chamber
ch]AmMaj7[/ch
Christ was born into a manger
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And like some ragged stranger
ch]G[/ch] [ch]Gm[/ch
He died upon the cross. Might I say,
ch]Bb[/ch
it seems so fitting in its way
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He was a carpenter by trade
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Or at least that's what I'm told
/ / /
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My kill-hand's tatooed E.V.I.L.
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across it's brother's fist
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That filthy five!
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They did nothing to challenge or resist.
ch]Am[/ch] [ch]AmMaj7[/ch
In Heaven His throne is made of gold
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The ark of his Testament is stowed
A throne from which I'm told
ch]G[/ch
All history does unfold.
ch]Gm[/ch
It's made of wood and wire
ch]Bb[/ch
And my body is on fire
ch]Fmaj7[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch
And God is never far away.
ch]Am[/ch] [ch]AmMaj7[/ch
Into the mercy seat I climb
ch]Am7[/ch
My head is shaved, my head is wired
And like a moth that tries
ch]G[/ch
To enter the bright eye
ch]Gm[/ch
I go shuffling out of life
ch]Bb[/ch
Just to hide in death awhile
ch]Fmaj7[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch
And anyway I never lied.
ch]Am[/ch
And the mercy seat is waiting
ch]AmMaj7[/ch
And I think my head is burning
ch]Am7[/ch
And in a way I'm yearning
ch]G[/ch] [ch]Gm[/ch
To be done with all this weighing of the truth.
An eye for an eye
ch]Bb[/ch
And a tooth for a tooth
ch]Fmaj7[/ch
And anyway I told the truth
ch]Am[/ch
And I'm not afraid to die.
Verse 3→ Phiên khúc
ch]Am[/ch
And the mercy seat is burning
ch]AmMaj7[/ch
And I think my head is glowing
ch]Am7[/ch
And in a way I'm hoping
ch]G[/ch] [ch]Gm[/ch
To be done with all this twisting of the truth.
An eye for an eye
ch]Bb[/ch
And a tooth for a tooth
ch]Fmaj7[/ch
And anyway there was no proof
ch]Am[/ch
And I'm not afraid to die.
ch]Am[/ch
And the mercy seat is glowing
ch]AmMaj7[/ch
And I think my head is smoking
ch]Am7[/ch
And in a way I'm hoping
ch]G[/ch] [ch]Gm[/ch
To be done with all these looks of disbelief.
A life for a life
ch]Bb[/ch
And a truth for a truth
ch]Fmaj7[/ch
And I've got nothing left to lose
ch]Am[/ch
And I'm not afraid to die.
ch]Am[/ch
And the mercy seat is smoking
ch]AmMaj7[/ch
And I think my head is melting
ch]Am7[/ch
And in a way that's helping
ch]G[/ch] [ch]Gm[/ch
To be done with all this twisting of the truth
An eye for an eye
ch]Bb[/ch
And a tooth for a tooth
ch]Fmaj7[/ch
And anyway I told the truth
ch]Am[/ch
But I'm afraid I told a lie.