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Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)
Intro:
C G Em F (2x)
Verse 1:
C G
Take these shoes
Em F
Click clacking down some dead end street
C G
Take these shoes
Em F
And make them fit
C G
Take this shirt
Em F
Polyester white trash made in nowhere
C G
Take this shirt
Em F
And make it clean, clean
C G
Take this soul
Em F
Stranded in some skin and bones
C G
Take this soul
Em F
And make it sing, sing
Chorus:
C G Am F
Yahweh, Yahweh
C G Am
Always pain before a child is born
C G Am F
Yahweh, Yahweh
C G C
Still I'm waiting for the dawn
Verse 2:
C G
Take these hands
Em F
Teach them what to carry
C G
Take these hands
Em F
Don't make a fist
C G
Take this mouth
Em F
So quick to criticise
C G
Take this mouth
Em F
Give it a kiss
Chorus:
C G Am F
Yahweh, Yahweh
C G Am
Always pain before a child is born
C G Am F
Yahweh, Yahweh
C G
Still I'm waiting for the dawn
Bridge:
C G Em F
Oh, uh oh, uh oh, uh oh, uh oh, oh
C G Em F
Oh, uh oh, uh oh, uh oh, uh oh, oh
Verse 3:
C G
Take this city
Em F
A city should be shining on a hill
C G
Take this city
Em F
If it be your will
C G Em F
What no man can own, no man can take
C C
Take this heart
C C
Take this heart
C
Take this heart
And make it break
Song History
Last Updated: June 17, 2018