Take Me to Church
Ed Sheeran
Version
published by
micky
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[Verse]Em Am Em Am GMy lover's got humor, she's the giggle at a funeralAm Em Am EmKnows everybody's disapproval, I should've worshipped her soonerAm Em Am GIf the Heavens ever did speak, she’s the last true mouthpieceAm Em Am DEvery Sunday's getting more bleak, a fresh poison each weekCWe were born sick, you heard them say it[Verse]Em Am Em Am GMy church offers no absolutes, she tells me 'worship in the bedroom'Am Em Am DThe only heaven I'll be sent to is when I'm alone with youC CI was born sick, but I love it, Command me to be wellG C G Cm G Cm GAy Ay Ay Ay Ay Amen Amen Amen[Chorus]Em B7Take me to church I'll worship like a dog at the shrine of your liesGI'll tell you my sins and you can sharpen your knifeAm Em GOffer me that deathless death, good God, let me give you my life[Chorus]Em B7Take me to church I'll worship like a dog at the shrine of your liesGI'll tell you my sins so you can sharpen your knifeAm Em GOffer me that deathless death, good God, let me give you my life[Verse]Em Am Em Am GIf I'm a pagan of the good times, my lover's the sunlightAm Em Am DTo keep the Goddess on my side she demands a sacrificeCDrain the whole sea, get something shinyEm Am Em Am GSomething meaty for the main course, that's a fine looking high horseAm Em Am DWhat you got in the stable? We've a lot of starving faithfulC CThat looks tasty, that looks plenty, this is hungry work[Chorus]Em B7Take me to church I'll worship like a dog at the shrine of your liesGI'll tell you my sins and you can sharpen your knifeAm Em GOffer me that deathless death, good God, let me give you my life[Chorus]Em B7Take me to church I'll worship like a dog at the shrine of your liesGI'll tell you my sins so you can sharpen your knifeAm Em GOffer me that deathless death, good God, let me give you my life[Bridge]C G B7 EmNo masters or kings when the ritual beginsC G B7 EmThere is no sweeter innocence than our gentle sinC G B7 EmIn the madness and soil of that sad earthly sceneC G B7 Em D COnly then I am human, only then I am clean[Chorus]Em B7Take me to church I'll worship like a dog at the shrine of your liesGI'll tell you my sins and you can sharpen your knifeAm Em GOffer me that deathless death, good God, let me give you my life[Chorus]Em B7Take me to church I'll worship like a dog at the shrine of your liesGI'll tell you my sins so you can sharpen your knifeAm Em G EmOffer me that deathless death, good God, let me give you my life