Em C Em
My lover's got humour
C G
She's the giggle at a funeral
C Em
Knows everybody's disapproval
C Em
I should've worshipped her sooner
C Em
If the Heavens ever did speak
C G
She is the last true mouthpiece
C Em
Every Sunday's getting more bleak
C A5
A fresh poison each week
Am/G
'We were born sick,' you heard them say it
Em C Em
My church offers no absolutes
C G
She tells me 'worship in the bedroom'
C Em
The only heaven I'll be sent to
C A5
Is when I'm alone with you
C/G C/G
I was born sick, but I love it
C/G
Command me to be well
G C G C G Cm G
Aaaaaaaaaaamen. Amen. Amen
G-F#-F#-F Em
Take me to church, I'll worship like a dog at the shrine of your lies
Bm G
I'll tell you my sins and you can sharpen your knife
A5
Offer me that deathless death
Em G-F#-F#-F
Good God, let me give you my life Chorus(2x)
Em C Em
If I'm a pagan of the good times
C G
My lover's the sunlight
C Em
To keep the Goddess on my side
C A5
She demands a sacrifice
C/G
To drain the whole sea
Em
Get something shiny
C Em
Something meaty for the main course
C G
That's a fine looking high horse
C Em
What you got in the stable?
C G
We've a lot of starving faithful
C/G
That looks tasty
C/G
That looks plenty
G-F#
This is hungry work
F#-F Em
Take me to church, I'll worship like a dog at the shrine of your lies
Bm G
I'll tell you my sins and you can sharpen your knife
A5
Offer me that deathless death
Em G-F#-F#-F
Good God, let me give you my life (2x)
Bridge
C G B Em
No masters or kings when the ritual begins
C G B Em
There is no sweeter innocence than our gentle sin
C G B Em
In the madness and soil of that sad earthly scene
C G B Em
Only then I am human, only then I am clean.
G C G C G Cm G
Aaaaaaaaaaamen. Amen. Amen
G-F#-F#-F Em
Take me to church, I'll worship like a dog at the shrine of your lies
Bm G
I'll tell you my sins and you can sharpen your knife
A5
Offer me that deathless death
Em G-F#-F#-F
Good God, let me give you my life Chorus(2x)