Johnny Cash - Mercy Seat Chords

E guitar tuning
No capo

I'm a lazy guitar player so I wrote the whole song out for ya.
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Verse
Simply  Am, E  repeated

These are put before some of the chord changes, the song sounds fine without them.
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Chorus
Chords
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 Am Am     Am7   G    Gm  B♭  Fmaj7  Am

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.

I Ambegan to warm and chiEll
ToAm objects and their fieElds,
A Amragged cup, a twisted Emop
ThAme face of Jesus in my sEoup
ThAmose sinister dinner deaEls
ThAme meal trolley's wicked whEeels
A Amhooked bone rising from my fEood
AlAml things either good or ungoEod.

AmAnd the mercy seat is waiting
AmAnd I think my head is burning
Am7And in a way I'm yearning
To be dGone with all this weighing of the trGmuth.

An eye for an eye
And a tooth for a tB♭ooth
And anyway I told the Fmaj7truth
And I'm not afraid to dAmie.

Am   E   Am   E

AmI hear stories from the chamber
AmChrist was born into a manger
Am7And like some ragged stranger
He diGed upon the cross. Might I sGmay,
it seems so fitting in its B♭way
He was a carpenter by Fmaj7trade
Or at least that's what I'm toAmld

Am   E   Am   E

AmMy kill-hand's tatooed E.V.EI.L.
Amacross it's brother's fiEst
AmThat filthy fiveE!
AmThey did nothing to challenge or resEist.

AmIn Heaven His throne is made of Amgold
The ark of his Testament is stowAm7ed

A throne from which I'm told
All hGistory does unfold.
GmIt's made of wood and wire
And my B♭body is on fire
Fmaj7And God is never far aAmway.

AmInto the mercy seat I clAmimb
My head is shaved, my head is wAm7ired

And like a moth that tries
To Genter the bright eye
I go Gmshuffling out of life
Just to B♭hide in death awhile
Fmaj7And anyway I never Amlied.

AmAnd the mercy seat is waiting
AmAnd I think my head is burning
Am7And in a way I'm yearning
To be Gdone with all this weighing of the trGmuth.

An eye for an eye
And a tooth for a B♭tooth
And anyway I told the tFmaj7ruth
And I'm not afraid to dAmie.

AmAnd the mercy seat is burning
AmAnd I think my head is glowing
Am7And in a way I'm hoping
To be Gdone with all this twisting of the trGmuth.

An eye for an eye
And a tooth for a B♭tooth
And anyway there was no Fmaj7proof
And I'm not afraid to dAmie.

AmAnd the mercy seat is glowing
AmAnd I think my head is smoking
Am7And in a way I'm hoping
To be Gdone with all these looks of disbeGmlief.

A life for a life
And a truth for a B♭truth
And I've got nothing left to Fmaj7lose
And I'm not afraid to dAmie.

AmAnd the mercy seat is smoking
AmAnd I think my head is melting
Am7And in a way that's helping
To be Gdone with all this twisting of the tGmruth

An eye for an eye
And a tooth for a B♭tooth
And anyway I told the Fmaj7truth
But I'm afraid I told a lAmie.