Key: G
Introduction:
Gm Cm Gm
My lover's got humour
Cm A#
She's the giggle at a funeral
Cm Gm
Knows everybody's disapproval
Cm Gm
I should've worshipped her sooner
Cm Gm
If the Heavens ever did speak
Cm A#
She is the last true mouth piece
Cm Gm
Every Sunday's getting more bleak
Cm F
A fresh poison each week
D# Gm
'We were born sick, you heard them say it
Cm Gm
My church offers no absolutes
Cm A#
She tells me 'worship in the bedroom'
Cm Gm
The only heaven I'll be sent to
Cm F
Is when I'm alone with you
D#
I was born sick, but I love it
Command me to be well
A# D# A# D# A# D#m A#
Aaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaamen. Aaaaaaaamen. Amen
Chorus(2x)
Gm
Take me to church
D7
I'll worship like a dog at the shrine of your lies
A#
I'll tell you my sins and you can sharpen your knife
Cm
Offer me that deathless death
Gm
Good God, let me give you my life
verse 2
Gm Cm
If I'm a pagan of the good times
Gm Cm
My lover's the sunlight
A# Cm
To keep the Goddess on my side
Gm Cm
She demands a sacrifice
F
To drain the whole sea
D#
Get something shiny
Gm Cm Gm
Something meaty for the main course
Cm A#
That's a fine looking high horse
Cm Gm
What you got in the stable?
Cm
We've a lot of starving faithful
F
That looks tasty
D#
That looks plenty
D#
This is hungry work
Chorus(2x)
Gm
Take me to church
D7
I'll worship like a dog at the shrine of your lies
A#
I'll tell you my sins and you can sharpen your knife
Cm
Offer me that deathless death
Em
Good God, let me give you my life
Bridge
D# A# D7 Gm
No masters or kings when the ritual begins
D# A# D7 Gm
There is no sweeter innocence than our gentle sin
D# A# D7 Gm
In the madness and soil of that sad earthly scene
D# A#
Only then I am human
D7 Gm F D#
Only then I am clean
A# D# A# D#m A#
Amen. Amen. Amen
Chorus
Gm
Take me to church
D7
I'll worship like a dog at the shrine of your lies
A#
I'll tell you my sins and you can sharpen your knife
Cm
Offer me that deathless death
Gm
Good God, let me give you my life