Hozier —
Take Me to Church

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± BPM (tempo): ♩ = 133 beats per minute

Lyrics and Music by Andrew Hozier-Byrne

D#m            G#m     D#m
My lover’s got humour,
                      G#m      F#
She’s the giggle at a funeral,
                       G#m     D#m
Knows everybody’s disapproval,
                           G#m     D#m
I should’ve worshipped her sooner.
                    G#m        D#m
If the heavens ever did speak,
                    G#m         F#
She’s the last true mouthpiece.
                       G#m         D#m
Every Sunday’s getting more bleak,
               G#m        C#
A fresh poison each week.
                     B6
“We were born sick.”
You heard them say it.

D#m                 G#m   D#m
My church offers no absolutes.
                              G#m       F#
She tells me, “Worship in the bedroom.”
                        G#m     D#m
The only heaven I’ll be sent to
                  G#m       C#
Is when I’m alone with you.
               B6
I was born sick, but I love it.
B                      F#
Command me to be well.
B F#  Bm F# Bm F# F#5 F5
Amen, amen, amen.

Chorus:
     F5   E5    D#m
     Take me to church.
     I’ll worship like a dog
                           Bb
     At the shrine of your lies.
     I’ll tell you my sins
                              F#
     And you can sharpen your knife.
                   G#m
     Offer me that deathless death,
               D#m
     And, good God,
                          G#5 F#5
     Let me give you my life.

     F#5  F5    D#m
     Take me to church.
     I’ll worship like a dog
                           Bb
     At the shrine of your lies.
     I’ll tell you my sins
                              F#
     And you can sharpen your knife.
                   G#m
     Offer me that deathless death,
               D#m
     And, good God,
                          G#5 F#5 F#5 F5
     Let me give you my life.

D#m                   G#m         D#m
If I’m a pagan of the good times,
               G#m       F#
My lover’s the sunlight.
                       G#m      D#m
To keep the goddess on my side,
                G#m      C#
She demands a sacrifice.
                        B6
To drain the whole sea,
                     D#m
Get something shiny.

                        G#m          D#m
Something meaty for the main course,
                      G#m         F#
That’s a fine-looking high horse.
                    G#m     D#m
What you got in the stable?
                        G#m       C#
We’ve a lot of starving faithful.
                  B
That looks tasty;
That looks plenty.
This is hungry work.

Chorus:
                D#m
     Take me to church.
     I’ll worship like a dog
                           Bb
     At the shrine of your lies.
     I’ll tell you my sins
                              F#
     And you can sharpen your knife.
                   G#m
     Offer me that deathless death,
               D#m
     And, good God,
                          G#5 F#5
     Let me give you my life.

     F#5  F5    D#m
     Take me to church.
     I’ll worship like a dog
                           Bb
     At the shrine of your lies.
     I’ll tell you my sins
                              F#
     And you can sharpen your knife.
                   G#m
     Offer me that deathless death,
               D#m
     And, good God,
                          G#5 F#5 F#5 F5
     Let me give you my life.

 B            F#
   No masters or kings
            Bb7/F    D#m/F#
   When the ritual begins.
 D#m        B          F#
   There is no sweeter innocence
   Bb7/F         D#m/F#
   Than our gentle sin.
 D#m      B           F#
   In the madness and soil
      Bb7/F            D#m/F#
   Of that sad earthly scene,
 D#m    B         F#
   Only then I am human;
     Bb7/F       D#m     F#/C#
   Only then I am clean.
   Bmaj B
   Oh,
   F#  B F#  Bm F# Bm F# F#5 F5
   Oh, amen, amen, amen.

Chorus:
     F5   E5    D#m
     Take me to church.
     I’ll worship like a dog
                           Bb
     At the shrine of your lies.
     I’ll tell you my sins
                              F#
     And you can sharpen your knife.
                   G#m
     Offer me that deathless death,
               D#m
     And, good God,
                          G#5 F#5
     Let me give you my life.

     F#5  F5    D#m
     Take me to church.
     I’ll worship like a dog
                           Bb
     At the shrine of your lies.
     I’ll tell you my sins
                              F#
     And you can sharpen your knife.
                   G#m
     Offer me that deathless death,
               D#m
     And, good God,
                          G#5 F#5 F#5 F5
     Let me give you my life.

Instrumental: D#m