Lirik dan Chord Lagu The Mercy Seat - Johnny Cash

JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - “The Mercy Seat” adalah salah satu lagu yang dibawakan oleh penyanyi legendaris asal Amerika Serikat, Johnny Cash.

Lagu tersebut muncul di dalam album studio ke-66 miliknya yang diberi nama American III: Solitary Man.

Album yang diproduseri olehnya bersama Rick Rubin tersebut dirilis pada tahun 2000 melalui label American Recordings. 

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Berikut ini lirik dan chord lagu “The Mercy Seat” dari Johnny Cash:

[Intro]

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]

  Am                  Em

I began to warm and chill

  Am                    Em

To objects and their fields,

  Am                   Em

A ragged cup, a twisted mop

  Am                     Em

The face of Jesus in my soup

  Am                     Em

Those sinister dinner deals

  Am                        Em

The meal trolley's wicked wheels

  Am                          E

A hooked bone rising from my food

  Am                          E

All things either good or ungood.

[Chorus]

Am

And the mercy seat is waiting

AmMaj7

And I think my head is burning

Am7

And in a way I'm yearning

       G                                   Gm

To be done with all this weighing of the truth.

An eye for an eye

                   Bb

And a tooth for a tooth

                      Fmaj7

And anyway I told the truth

                       Am

And I'm not afraid to die.

Am / E / Am / E

[Verse 2]

Am

I hear stories from the chamber

AmMaj7

Christ was born into a manger

Am7

And like some ragged stranger

     G                           Gm

He died upon the cross. Might I say,

                           Bb