http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2MlHC2rEPdQ
is a great acoustic version of this song that I based this tab off.
In the chorus a B or B7 is fine depending if you're playing the original or acoustic version.
B7 = x2120x in Hozier's version
[A5] = 57xxxx
[G5] = 35xxxx
[F#5] = 24xxxx
[F5] = 13xxxx
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's the last true mouthpiece
[Am] [Em]
Every Sunday's getting more bleak
[Am] [D]
A fresh poison each week
[C]
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]
I was born sick, but I love it
[C]
Command me to be well
[G] [C] [G] [Cm] [G] [Cm] [G] [G5] [F#5]
Aaaaaaaaaa Aaaaaaamen Aaaaaamen A - men
Chorus
[F#5] [F5] [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 and you can sharpen your knife
[Am]
Offer me that deathless death
[Em] [A5] [G5]
And good God, let me give you my life
[G5] [F#5] [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 and you can sharpen your knife
[Am]
Offer me that deathless death
[Em] [A5] [G5] [G5] [F#5]
And 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]
She demands 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
[G5] [F#5]
Chorus
[F#5] [F5] [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 and you can sharpen your knife
[Am]
Offer me that deathless death
[Em] [A5] [G5]
And good God, let me give you my life
[G5] [F#5] [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, you can sharpen your knife
[Am]
Offer me that deathless death
[Em] [A5] [G5] [G5] [F#5]
And good God, let me give you my life
Bridge
[C/G] [G] [B7] [Em]
No masters or kings when the ritual begins
[C/G] [G] [B7] [Em]
There is no sweeter innocence than our gentle sin
[C/G] [G] [B7] [Em]
In the madness and soil of that sad earthly scene
[C/G] [G]
Only then I am human
[B7] [Em] [D] [C]
Only then I am clean
[G] [C] [G] [Cm] [G] [Cm] [G] [G5] [F#5]
Oh, a - men A - men Aa-aa-men
Chorus
[F#5] [F5] [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, you can sharpen your knife
[Am]
Offer me that deathless death
[Em] [A5] [G5]
And good God, let me give you my life
[G5] [F#5] [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 and you can sharpen your knife
[Am]
Offer me that deathless death
[Em] [A5] [G5] [G5] [F#5]
And good God, let me give you my life
[Em]
