Intro: D/Am x2, D/Am @ 3rd fret, D/Am x2, D/Am @ 3rd, D/Am @ 5th


{verse}
C           D/Am  Am                       F
 Take these shoes Click clacking down some dead end street
C           D/Am                F   D/Am   (repeat pattern)
 Take these shoes And make them fit

 Take this shirt Polyester white trash made in nowhere

 Take this shirt And make it clean, clean

 Take this soul Stranded in some skin and bones

 Take this soul And make it sing

{chorus}
C   G   Am  F
 Yahweh, Yahweh
C       G             F        D/Am
 Always pain before a child is born
C   G   Am  F
 Yahweh, Yahweh
C          G
 Still I'm waiting for the
C (verse begins right away)
dawn Take these hands Teach them what to carry

Take these hands Don't make a fist

Take this mouth So quick to criticise

Take this mouth Give it a kiss

{chorus}

Yahweh, Yahweh

Always pain before a child is born

Yahweh, Yahweh

Still I'm waiting for the
{bridge} Am       Em      F
         dawn
                      Am   Em   F                G
Still waiting for the dawn, the sun is coming up
    C                       Em
The sun is coming up on the ocean
     Am                         F
This love is like a drop in the ocean
     Am                         F      Dsus
This love is like a drop in the ocean

{chorus}

Yahweh, Yahweh

Always pain before a child is born

Yahweh, tell me now

Why the dark before the dawn? Oou-oou-oou-oou-oo {x2, chorus chords}

{verse}

Take this city A city should be shining on a hill

Take this city If it be your will

What no man can own, no man can take
C         F    C          F    C          F                 C
Take this heart Take this heart Take this heart And make it break