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Take Me To Church
Hozier
This rhythmically complex song is hard to chart clearly, but I did my best. The verses are mostly in 3/4, with the Em's getting the first two beats and the Am's getting the last one. Likewise, the chords during the "Amen" section follow the same alternating pattern. All other chord durations are noted in the chart.
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Verse (one strum/chord): D D 1 + 2 + 3 + |
Chorus and Bridge: D d D DUD d D DU 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + |
Verse (in 3/4):
Em Am Em Am
My lover's got humor, she's the giggle at a funeral
G Am Em Am
Knows everybody's disapproval, I should've worshipped her sooner
Em Am Em Am
If the Heavens ever did speak, she's the last true mouthpiece
G Am Em Am
Every Sunday's getting more bleak, a fresh poison each week
/ D - C - /
We were born sick, you heard them say it
Em Am Em Am
My church offers no absolutes, she tells me 'worship in the bedroom'
G Am Em Am
The only heaven I'll be sent to is when I'm alone with you
/ D - C - / C - - - /
I was born sick, but I love it. Command me to be well
G C G C G Cm [ G - Riff 1 - ]
Ay Ay Ay Ay Ay Amen A - men A - men
Chorus (in 4/4):
Em
Take me to church I'll worship like a dog at the shrine of your lies
B7
I'll tell you my sins and you can sharpen your knife
G (1/2) Am (1/2) Em (1/2) (Riff 2) (1/2)
Offer me that deathless death, good God, let me give you my life
Em
Take me to church I'll worship like a dog at the shrine of your lies
B7
I'll tell you my sins so you can sharpen your knife
G (1/2) Am (1/2) Em (1/2) (Riff 2) (1/2)
Offer me that deathless death, good God, let me give you my life
Verse (in 3/4)
Em Am Em Am
If I'm a pagan of the good times, my lover's the sunlight
G Am Em Am
To keep the Goddess on my side she demands a sacrifice
/ D - C - /
Drain the whole sea, get something shiny
Em Am Em Am
Something meaty for the main course, that's a fine looking high horse
G Am Em Am
What you got in the stable? We've a lot of starving faithful
/ D - C - / C - - - /
That looks tasty, that looks plenty, this is hungry work
Chorus
Bridge (in 4/4, two beats per chord):
C G B7 Em
No masters or kings when the ritual begins
C G B7 Em
There is no sweeter innocence than our gentle sin
C G B7 Em
In the madness and soil of that sad earthly scene
C G B7 G/E G/D G/B C
Only then I am human, only then I am clean Oh
(in 3/4):
G C G Cm G Cm [ G - Riff 1 - ]
Oh, Amen A - men A - men
Chorus
End on Em
This file is the author's own work and represents his interpretation of this song. It's intended solely for private study, scholarship or research.
