Verse 1
[Em] [Am] [Em]
My lover's got humour
[Am] [G]
She's the giggle at a funeral
[Am] [Em]
Knows everybody's disapproval
[Am] [Em]
I should've worshipped her sooner
[Am] [Em]
If the Heavens ever did speak
[Am] [G]
She is the last true mouthpiece
[Am] [Em]
Every Sunday's getting more bleak
[Am] [D]
A fresh poison each week
[C/G]
'We were born sick,' you heard them say it
[Em] [Am] [Em]
My church offers no absolutes
[Am] [G]
She tells me 'worship in the bedroom'
[Am] [Em]
The only heaven I'll be sent to
[Am] [D]
Is when I'm alone with you
[C/G]
I was born sick, but I love it
[C/G]
Command me to be well
Pre-Chorus
([C/G]) [G] [C] [G] [Cm] [G] [Cm] [G]
Aaaaaaaa-aaa Aaa-men Aaa-men Aaa-men
Chorus
[G] [F#] [F#] [F] [Em]
Take me to church, I'll worship like a dog at the shrine of your lies
[B] [G]
I'll tell you my sins and you can sharpen your knife
[Am]
Offer me that deathless death
[Em]
Good God, let me give you my life
[Am] [G] [G] [F#] [Em]
Take me to church, I'll worship like a dog at the shrine of your lies
[B] [G]
I'll tell you my sins and you can sharpen your knife
[Am]
Offer me that deathless death
[Em] [Am] [G] [G] [F#]
Good God, let me give you my life
Verse 2
[Em] [Am] [Em]
If I'm a pagan of the good times
[Am] [G]
My lover's the sunlight
[Am] [Em]
To keep the Goddess on my side
[Am] [D]
She demands a sacrifice
[C/G]
To drain the whole sea
[Em]
Get something shiny
[Am] [Em]
Something meaty for the main course
[Am] [G]
That's a fine looking high horse
[Am] [Em]
What you got in the stable?
[Am] [D]
We've a lot of starving faithful
[C/G]
That looks tasty
[C/G]
That looks plenty
[G] [F#]
This is hungry work
Chorus
[F#] [F] [Em]
Take me to church, I'll worship like a dog at the shrine of your lies
[B] [G]
I'll tell you my sins so you can sharpen your knife
[Am]
Offer my deathless death
[Em]
Good God, let me give you my life
[Am] [G] [G] [F#] [Em]
Take me to church, I'll worship like a dog at the shrine of your lies
[B] [G]
I'll tell you my sins so you can sharpen your knife
[Am]
Offer me my deathless death
[Em] [Am] [G] [G] [F#]
Good God, let me give you my life
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/D] [G/C] [C] [G]
Pre-Chorus
([G]) [C] [G] [Cm] [G] [Cm] [G]
Aaaaaaaaaaa-men Aaa-men Aaa-men
Chorus
[G] [F#] [F#] [F] [Em]
Take me to church, I'll worship like a dog at the shrine of your lies
[B] [G]
I'll tell you my sins and you can sharpen your knife
[Am]
Offer me that deathless death
[Em]
Good God, let me give you my life
[Am] [G] [G] [F#] [Em]
Take me to church, I'll worship like a dog at the shrine of your lies
[B] [G]
I'll tell you my sins and you can sharpen your knife
[Am]
Offer me that deathless death
[Em] [Am] [G] [G] [F#] [Em]
Good God, let me give you my life
