Intro:
[Am] [G] [C] [Dm] [C] [G/B] [Am]
[Am] forgive me [C]Hera,
[Dm] I cannot [C] stay
he [Dm] cut out my [C]tongue
there is [G/B]nothing [Am]to save
(repeat)
[Am]love me, oh [C]lord
he [Dm]threw me [C]away
he [Dm]laughed at my [C]sins
in his [G/B]arms I must [Am]stay
[Am]he [G]wrote
I'm [F]broke
[Am]please [G]send [Am]for me
(repeat)
[Am]but I'm [G]broken too
and [F]spoken for
[Am]do not [G]tempt [Am]me
[Am]her skin[G] is [C]white
and I'm [Dm]light as the [C]sun
so [Dm]holy light [C]shines
on the [G/B]things you have [Am]done
[F]so I asked [G]him how [E/G#]he became this [Am]man
[F]how did he [G]learn to
hold [E/G#]fruit in his [Am]hands?
and [C]where is the lamb
that [Dm]gave you your name?
he [C]had to leave,
though [G/B]I begged him to [Am]stay
(repeat)
[F]left me alone[G] when I [E/G#]needed the [Am]light
[F]fell to my [G]knees, and I [E/G#]wept for my [Am]life
if he had have [C]stayed,
you might [Dm]understand
if he had have [C]stayed, you
never would have taken my [Am]hand
[Am]he [G]wrote
I'm [F]broke
[Am]please [G]send [Am]for me
(repeat)
[Am]but I'm [G]broken too
and [F]spoken for
[Am]do not [G]tempt [Am]me
and [C]where is the lamb
that [Dm]gave you your name?
he [C]had to leave,
though [G/B]I begged him to [Am]stay
[F]begged him to [G]stay in my [E/G#]cold wooden [Am]grip
[F]begged him to [G]stay by
the [E/G#]light of this [Am]ship
[C]me fighting him,
fighting [Dm]light, fighting dawn
and the [C]waves came and
stole him and [F/B]took him to [Am]war
[Am]he [G]wrote
I'm [F] low
[Am]please [G]send [Am]for me
(repeat)
[Am]but I'm [G]broken too
and [F]spoken for
[Am]do not [G]tempt [Am]me
[Am] forgive me [G] [C]Hera,
[Dm] I cannot [C] stay
he [Dm] cut out my [C]tongue
there is [G/B]nothing [Am]to save
(repeat)
[Am]love me, oh [G]lord
he [Dm]threw me [C]away
he [Dm]laughed at my [C]sins
in his [G/B]arms I must [Am]stay
[Am]we [G]write
[F]that's all right
[Am]I [G]miss his [Am]smell
(repeat)
[Am]we [G]speak
[F]when spoken to
[Am]and that [G]suits us [Am]well
[Am]and that [G]suits us [Am]well
[Am]and that [G]suits us [Am]well
[Dm] I cannot [C] stay
he [Dm] cut out my [C]tongue
there is [G/B]nothing [Am]to save
(repeat)
[Am]love me, oh [C]lord
he [Dm]threw me [C]away
he [Dm]laughed at my [C]sins
in his [G/B]arms I must [Am]stay
[Am]he [G]wrote
I'm [F]broke
[Am]please [G]send [Am]for me
(repeat)
[Am]but I'm [G]broken too
and [F]spoken for
[Am]do not [G]tempt [Am]me
[Am]her skin[G] is [C]white
and I'm [Dm]light as the [C]sun
so [Dm]holy light [C]shines
on the [G/B]things you have [Am]done
[F]so I asked [G]him how [E/G#]he became this [Am]man
[F]how did he [G]learn to
hold [E/G#]fruit in his [Am]hands?
and [C]where is the lamb
that [Dm]gave you your name?
he [C]had to leave,
though [G/B]I begged him to [Am]stay
(repeat)
[F]left me alone[G] when I [E/G#]needed the [Am]light
[F]fell to my [G]knees, and I [E/G#]wept for my [Am]life
if he had have [C]stayed,
you might [Dm]understand
if he had have [C]stayed, you
never would have taken my [Am]hand
[Am]he [G]wrote
I'm [F]broke
[Am]please [G]send [Am]for me
(repeat)
[Am]but I'm [G]broken too
and [F]spoken for
[Am]do not [G]tempt [Am]me
and [C]where is the lamb
that [Dm]gave you your name?
he [C]had to leave,
though [G/B]I begged him to [Am]stay
[F]begged him to [G]stay in my [E/G#]cold wooden [Am]grip
[F]begged him to [G]stay by
the [E/G#]light of this [Am]ship
[C]me fighting him,
fighting [Dm]light, fighting dawn
and the [C]waves came and
stole him and [F/B]took him to [Am]war
[Am]he [G]wrote
I'm [F] low
[Am]please [G]send [Am]for me
(repeat)
[Am]but I'm [G]broken too
and [F]spoken for
[Am]do not [G]tempt [Am]me
[Am] forgive me [G] [C]Hera,
[Dm] I cannot [C] stay
he [Dm] cut out my [C]tongue
there is [G/B]nothing [Am]to save
(repeat)
[Am]love me, oh [G]lord
he [Dm]threw me [C]away
he [Dm]laughed at my [C]sins
in his [G/B]arms I must [Am]stay
[Am]we [G]write
[F]that's all right
[Am]I [G]miss his [Am]smell
(repeat)
[Am]we [G]speak
[F]when spoken to
[Am]and that [G]suits us [Am]well
[Am]and that [G]suits us [Am]well
[Am]and that [G]suits us [Am]well
