Artist - Hozier
Song - Take Me To Church (Acoustic Version)
Tab by - David Ehlert
I've been covering songs and tabbing music for many years but this is my first time submitting one. All the
other versions seem to be close but each have parts that didn't sound right so I did my best to fix all the
misinterpretations. This is very close to the Acoustic version that plays on YouTube. Let me know what you
think. Thanks.
Standard Tuning
[Verse Chords] "Plucked" [Amen Chords] [Chorus Chords] [Bridge Chords]
[Em] [Am] [G] [D] [G] [Cm] [F#] [F] [Em] [B7] [G] [Am] [C] [G] [B7] [Em]
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B|---0-----1-----3-----3---|---3-----3-----2-----1---|---8-----7-----3-----5---|---3-----3-----7-----8---|
G|---0-----2-----0-----2---|---4-----5-----3-----2---|---9-----8-----4-----5---|---5-----4-----8-----9---|
D|---2-----2-----0-----0---|---5-----5-----4-----3---|---9-----7-----5-----7---|---5-----5-----7-----9---|
A|---2-----0-----2-----0---|---5-----3-----4-----3---|---7-----9-----5-----7---|---3-----5-----9-----7---|
E|---x-----x-----x-----x---|---3-----3-----2-----1---|---7-----7-----3-----5---|---3-----3-----7-----7---|
Verse 1
[Em] [Am] [Em]
My lover's got humor
[Am] [G]
She's the giggle at a funeral
[Am] [Em]
Knows everybody's disapproval
[Am] [Em]
I should've worshiped her sooner
[Am] [Em]
If the Heavens ever did speak
[Am] [G]
She's the last true mouth piece
[Am] [Em]
Every Sunday's getting more bleak
[Am] [D]
A fresh poison each week
[C] [Em]
'We were born sick, you heard them say it
[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]
I was born sick, but I love it
[C]
Command me to be well
[G] [Cm] [G] [Cm] [G] [Cm] [G]
Aaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaamen Aaaaaaaamen Aaaaamen
[G] [F#] [F#] [F]
[Chorus] (x2)
[Em]
Take me to church
[B7]
I'll worship like a dog at the shrine of your lies
[G]
I'll tell you my sins so you can sharpen your knife
[Am]
Offer me that deathless death
[Em]
And Good God, let me give you my life
[Am] [G] [G] [F#]
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]
She demands a sacrifice
[D]
To drain the whole sea
[C]
Get something shiny
[Em] [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]
We've a lot of starving faithful
[D]
That looks tasty
[C]
That looks plenty
[C]
This is hungry work
[G] [F#] [F#] [F]
[Chorus] (x2)
[Em]
Take me to church
[B7]
I'll worship like a dog at the shrine of your lies
[G]
I'll tell you my sins so you can sharpen your knife
[Am]
Offer me that deathless death
[Em]
Good God, let me give you my life
[Am] [G] [G] [F#]
Bridge
[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]
Only then I am human
[B7] [Em] [D] [Cm]
Only then I am clean
[G] [C] [G] [C] [G] [Cm] [G]
Aaaaaaamen Aaaaaaamen Aaaaaamen
[G] [F#] [F#] [F]
[Chorus] (x2)
[Em]
Take me to church
[B7]
I'll worship like a dog at the shrine of your lies
[G]
I'll tell you my sins so 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] (Last chord is a regular [Em])
