((VERSE)) E F# Abm F# Ode to joy, my lover boy's speaking in E F# Abm F# tongues-And the sky's bleeding gray................. E F# Abm B Now I pull my bag o' prayers out C#sus C# Em I hope to find one to save the day And he judged my love, my lust My taste with the straightest face As I crumple up inside A papier-mache, a shell with no name ((CHORUS)) E F# Abm F# Sweet..............chariot E B Abm A Come, come, take me away from my E F# Abm F# fear- Sweet......chariot E B Abm A Come, I have to get out of here And he took me further than I wanted to go Underneath his shoe And it leaves me hungry for a touch I can't feel A touch he won't do And I thought the circle, it had an end I'm old enough to know My denial is how we began and how we will end And now that I know Sweet chariot Come, come, take me away from my fear Sweet chariot Come, I have to get out of here ((BRIDGE)) D A F#m G Oh,....the blood that's in my D A F#m G veins- So cold and frozen from the D A F#m G F stings- Oh, it comes and goes in waves F E F# Abm F#................ Am I really here?................................................... (Repeat verse chords once) Sweet chariot Come, come, take me away from my fear Sweet chariot Can we leave him a trail of my tears? Sweet chariot It's been, it's been the longest of years Sweet chariot Come, I have to get out of here