Nick Cave - Mercy Seat I was reading the tabs on this site and came up with this alternative. The verse is Em and Bm but I think the song is the Em bar chord on fret 7 5th string and fret 7 barred accross from the 5th string like this: --7---7--| --8---7--| --9---7--| --9---7--| --7---7--| ---------| This doesn't apply to the verse which I use all bar chords for. The guitar chords in the Nick Cave recording are just strung once and let ring with a whole bunch echoe and droney stuff.

^Em I began ^Bmto warm and chill ^EmTo objects ^Bmand their fields ^EmA ragged cup, a ^Bmtwisted mop ^EmThe face of Jesus ^Bmin my soup ^EmThose sinister ^Bmdinner deals ^EmThe meal trolley's ^Bmwicked wheels ^EmA hooked bone ^Bmrising from my ^Emfood. All things ^Bmgood or ungood.

^EmAnd the mercy seat is waiting ^EmAnd I think my head is burning ^BmAnd in a way I'm yearning to be ^Ddone with all this measuring of ^Dmtruth, An eye for an eye and a tooth for a ^Ftooth, And anyway I told the ^Ctruth, And I'm not afraid to^Em die.

etc. Look at other chord tabs for full lyrics and song structure. Thanks.

Nick Cave - Mercy seat