Intro: Em

Verse:
C
All I know
   Em
Is marble and stone eyes that don't leave
         C
Watching over me
Em
Whispers in "Ave Marias" and
          C
"Grant us peace" dona nobis pacem
Em
Miserere nobis
C
God have mercy on them
Em                C Em C Em
God have mercy on me

Verse 2:
C
All I know
    Em
I'm holy alone with filth-ridden fever dreams
C
Oh, she sings
Em
Prayers without words, yet she worships
C
Me dona nobis pacem
Em
Miserere nobis
C
God have mercy on them
Em             C    Em
God have mercy on me

Chorus:
C
Hold my tongue in your teeth, oh sinner
D               Em         D
Penitence on my knees oh deliver me
C                                          D
What am I to believe when the Wine and the Wheat
              Em       D     C     Em
Stain me this sinner's red I bleed

Verse 3:
C
All I know
    Em
Is paper-thin scripture holding the weight of my
C
Soul the pages are worn, and the lesson is
C
Torn if my heart is his to burn or
C
Keep dona nobis pacem
Em
Miserere nobis
C
God have mercy on them
Em             C      D
God have mercy on me

Chorus 2:
C
Hold my tongue in your teeth, oh sinner
D               Em         D
Penitence on my knees oh deliver me
C                                          D
What am I to believe when the Wine and the Wheat
              Em       D     C     Em
Stain me this sinner's red I bleed
C
Give me strength in the sea, oh sinner
D                   Em           D              C
Be the light that I see when the light has left me
                            D
When you hold me I feel holy
                  Em D
When you kiss me I
C     Em C Em
Bleed

Interlude:
   C Em C Em
   C Em C Em

Verse 4:
C
All I know
    Em
You love me so
    C
But that still leaves
          Em
Something sick in me
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