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Take Me To Church Tab by Hozier

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Guitar Tab

TAKE ME TO CHURCH

Transcribed by Slowhand


Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Andrew Hozier-Byrne - Piano'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Andrew Hozier-Byrne - Electric Guitar w/ light distortion'


 1st Verse
  Q=66(16=s16)
  Em   Am   Em   Am   G    Am   Em   Am   Em   Am
 3/4
  Gtr I (Piano arr. for Gtr.)
  H    Q    H    Q    H    Q    H    Q    H    Q
|-0----0--|-0----0--|-3----0--|-0----0--|-0----0--|
|-0----1--|-0----1--|-0----1--|-0----1--|-0----1--|
|-0----2--|-0----2--|-0----2--|-0----2--|-0----2--|
|-2----2--|-2----2--|-0----2--|-2----2--|-2----2--|
|-2----0--|-2----0--|-2----0--|-2----0--|-2----0--|
|-0-------|-0-------|-3-------|-0-------|-0-------|

  Em   Am   G    Am   Em   Am   D5/A C/G
                               4/4
  H    Q    H    Q    H    Q    H    H
|-0----0--|-3----0--|-0----0--|-----------||
|-0----1--|-0----1--|-0----1--|-3----1----||
|-0----2--|-0----2--|-0----2--|-2----0----||
|-2----2--|-0----2--|-2----2--|-0----2----||
|-2----0--|-2----0--|-2----0--|-0----3----||
|-0-------|-3-------|-0-------|------3----||


 2nd Verse
  Em   Am   Em   Am   G    Am
 3/4
  H    Q    H    Q    H    Q
|-0----0--|-0----0--|-3----0--|
|-0----1--|-0----1--|-0----1--|
|-0----2--|-0----2--|-0----2--|
|-2----2--|-2----2--|-0----2--|
|-2----0--|-2----0--|-2----0--|
|-0-------|-0-------|-3-------|


  Em   Am   D5/A C/G
           4/4
  H    Q    H    H      W
|-0----0--|-----------|------||
|-0----1--|-3----1----|-1----||
|-0----2--|-2----0----|-0----||
|-2----2--|-0----2----|-2----||
|-2----0--|-0----3----|-3----||
|-0-------|------3----|-3----||


 Pre-Chorus
  G    C    G    Cm   G    Cm
 3/4
  H    Q    H    Q    H    Q
|-3----0--|-3----3--|-3----3--|
|-0----1--|-0----4--|-0----4--|
|-0----0--|-0----5--|-0----5--|
|-0----2--|-0----5--|-0----5--|
|-2----3--|-2----3--|-2----3--|
|-3-------|-3-------|-3-------|


                    Chorus
                 $
                 $$
  G                  Em                B                 G       Am
 4/4
  H    S E. S E.     e e e e e e e e   e e e e e e e e   e e e e e e e e
|-3--------------||--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-|
|-3--------------||o-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-|
|-4--------------||--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-4-4-4-4-5-5-5-5-|
|-5--------------||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-5--------------||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-3----3-2--2-1--||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|
| Gtr II (El. Gtr. w/ light dist.)
| H    S E. S E.     W                 W                 H       H
|----------------||--0---------------|-7---------------|-3-------5-------|
|----------------||o-0---------------|-7---------------|-3-------5-------|
|----------------||--0---------------|-8---------------|-4-------5-------|
|----------------||--2---------------|-9---------------|-5-------7-------|
|----------------||o-2---------------|-9---------------|-5-------7-------|
|------3-2--2-1--||--0---------------|-7---------------|-3-------5-------|


                            3rd Verse
             To Coda
             To Coda
  Em                         Em   Am   Em   Am
                            3/4
  e e e e S E. S E.          H    Q    H    Q
|---------------------||-||--0----0--|-0----0--|
|-5-5-5-5------------o||-||o-0----1--|-0----1--|
|-4-4-4-4-------------||-||--0----2--|-0----2--|
|-5-5-5-5-------------||-||--2----2--|-2----2--|
|--------------------o||-||o-2----0--|-2----0--|
|---------5-3--3-2----||-||--0-------|-0-------|
|
| H       S E. S E.          H    Q    H    Q
|-0-------------------||-||----------|---------|
|-0------------------o||-||o---------|---------|
|-0-------------------||-||----------|---------|
|-2-------------------||-||----------|---------|
|-2------------------o||-||o---------|---------|
|-0-------5-3--3-2----||-||--0----5--|-0----5--|


                                           D.S. al Coda
  G    Am   Em   Am   D5/A  C/G      C/G
                     4/4
  H    Q    H    Q     H    H        H    S E.  S   E.
|-3----0--|-0----0--|-------------||--------------------||
|-0----1--|-0----1--|--3----1----o||-1------------------||
|-0----2--|-0----2--|--2----0-----||-0------------------||
|-0----2--|-2----2--|--0----2-----||-2------------------||
|-2----0--|-2----0--|--0----3----o||-3------------------||
|-3-------|-0-------|-------3-----||-3----3-2--(2)-(1)--||
|
| H    Q    H    Q     H    H        H    S E.  S   E.
|---------|---------|-------------||--------------------||
|---------|---------|------------o||--------------------||
|---------|---------|-------------||--------------------||
|---------|---------|-------------||--------------------||
|---------|---------|------------o||--------------------||
|-3----5--|-0----5--|-10----8-----||-8----3-2--(2)-(1)--||


 Bridge
  &
  C     G       B7/F# Em/G    C     G       B7/F# Em/G
  Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q
|-0--0--3--3--|-2--2--0--0--|-0--0--3--3--|-2--2--0--0--|
|-1--1--0--0--|-0--0--0--0--|-1--1--0--0--|-0--0--0--0--|
|-0--0--0--0--|-2--2--0--0--|-0--0--0--0--|-2--2--0--0--|
|-2--2--0--0--|-1--1--2--2--|-2--2--0--0--|-1--1--2--2--|
|-3--3--2--2--|-------2--2--|-3--3--2--2--|-------2--2--|
|-------3--3--|-2--2--3--3--|-------3--3--|-2--2--3--3--|
|
| H     H       H     Q  Q    H     H       H     Q  Q
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-3-----------|-------------|-3-----------|-------------|
|-------3-----|-2-----3--0--|-------3-----|-2-----3--0--|


  C     G       B7/F# Em/G    C     G       B7/F#
                                           2/4
  Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q
|-0--0--3--3--|-2--2--0--0--|-0--0--3--3--|-2------|
|-1--1--0--0--|-0--0--0--0--|-1--1--0--0--|-0------|
|-0--0--0--0--|-2--2--0--0--|-0--0--0--0--|-2------|
|-2--2--0--0--|-1--1--2--2--|-2--2--0--0--|-1------|
|-3--3--2--2--|-------2--2--|-3--3--2--2--|--------|
|-------3--3--|-2--2--3--3--|-------3--3--|-2------|
|
| H     H       H     Q  Q    H     H       H
|-------------|-------------|-------------|--------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|--------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|--------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|--------|
|-3-----------|-------------|-3-----------|--------|
|-------3-----|-2-----3--0--|-------3-----|-2------|


                                               Pre-Chorus
  Em                 Cmaj7
 4/4                                           3/4
  e e e e  e e e e    e  e  e  e  e  e  e  e    H    Q
|-7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7-|--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7-||-3----0--|
|-8-8-8-8--8-8-8-8-|--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8-||-0----1--|
|-9-9-9-9--9-9-9-9-|--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9-||-0----0--|
|------------------|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-||-0----2--|
|------------------|-------------------------||-2----3--|
|------------------|-------------------------||-3-------|
|
| H        H          Q     Q     H             W
|------------------|-------------------------||---------|
|------------------|-------------------------||---------|
|------------------|-------------------------||---------|
|------------------|-------------------------||---------|
|------------------|-------------------------||---------|
|-0-------10-------|--8-----8----------------||---------|


                                          Outro
                    D.S.S. al Dbl. Coda &&
  G    Cm   G    Cm                        Em
                     4/4
  H    Q    H    Q    H    S S E S S E     W          +W
|-3----3--|-3----3--|-3-----------------||-7--------|-(7)----*|
|-0----4--|-0----4--|-3-----------------||-8--------|-(8)----*|
|-0----5--|-0----5--|-4-----------------||-9--------|-(9)----*|
|-0----5--|-0----5--|-5-----------------||-9--------|-(9)----*|
|-2----3--|-2----3--|-5-----------------||-7--------|-(7)----*|
|-3-------|-3-------|-3----3-2---2-1----||-0--------|-(0)----*|
|
| W         W         H    S S E S S E     W          +W
|---------|---------|-------------------||----------|--------*|
|---------|---------|-------------------||----------|--------*|
|---------|---------|-------------------||----------|--------*|
|---------|---------|-------------------||----------|--------*|
|---------|---------|-------------------||----------|--------*|
|---------|---------|------3-2---2-1----||-0--------|-(0)----*|


Duration Legend
---------------
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for.  Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests.  Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for.  Low
melody durations appear below the staff

Tablature Legend
----------------
 h   - hammer-on
 p   - pull-off
 b   - bend
 pb  - pre-bend
 r   - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
 /\  - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
 s   - legato slide
 S   - shift slide
  - natural harmonic
[n]  - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
 ~   - vibrato
 tr  - trill
 T   - tap
 TP  - trem. picking
 PM  - palm muting
\n/  - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
 \n  - tremolo bar down
 n/  - tremolo bar up
/n\  - tremolo bar inverted dip
 =   - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
   - volume swell (louder/softer)
 x   - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
 o   - on rhythm slash represents single note slash

Misc Legend
-----------
 |  - bar
||  - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*|  - double bar (ending)
 :  - bar (freetime)
 $  - Segno
 &  - Coda

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"Take Me to Church" by Hozier features a haunting melody and powerful lyrics addressing social issues. The song's instrumentation includes a mix of acoustic and electric guitars, with a prominent bassline driving the rhythm. Hozier's soulful vocals are complemented by the gospel-inspired backing vocals, creating a stirring atmosphere. The song's success catapulted Hozier to international fame, showcasing his songwriting prowess and unique blend of blues, folk, and rock influences.