Chords with lyrics
Verse 1:
G+G C majorC G+G
Under the steeple we were all God's people
D MajorD E minorEm C majorC G+G
If we loved one another, sisters and brothers
G+G C majorC G+G
But then the preacher told me, God loves the straight man only
D MajorD E minorEm C majorC G+G
Straight is the same as holy so saith the Lord
Chorus:
G+G C majorC G+G
Father could you ever love a person like me?
D MajorD E minorEm C majorC G+G
Or did you seal the gates above and throw out the keys
E minorEm C majorC G+G
You say we are your children if we trust and believe
D MajorD E minorEm C majorC G+G
So God please don't forget about the children like me
Verse 2:
G+G C majorC G+G
While the world was sleeping I'd stay up weeping
D MajorD E minorEm C majorC G+G
Wondering who was the liar, my God or my desire
G+G C majorC G+G
If straight means holy then I -- I guess I don't mind lonely
D MajorD E minorEm C majorC G+G
But what if we have this life only, what if I was wrong?
Verse 3:
G+G C majorC G+G
They say I'm ruined, but I'm only human
D MajorD E minorEm C majorC G+G
They say, it could be Satan, but God I'm your creation
G+G C majorC G+G
What is and isn't sin, I'll let it go and let you in
D MajorD E minorEm C majorC G+G
All this time I was praying, all this time you were saying...
G+G C majorC G+G D MajorD
Come lay your burdens down on me
G+G C majorC G+G
Come lay your burdens down on me
G+G C majorC G+G D MajorD
Come lay your burdens down on me
G+G C majorC G+G