Church

[Intro]
G#m  F#   E
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[Verse 1]
         G#m
I need a short drink or a long prayer
F#
I've been sober, but I don't care
    E
I'm so scared of my own self, I get no help, and that's no fair
         G#m
So don't go there, I've been hell and back
       F#
I got scorched hair in this Gucci cap
      E
(I got empty bottles and a million follows, 
I regret swallowing the Ativan)
G#m
Fuck it, let's be real
    F#
I resent the way that I feel
E
(I pretend that it's cool, but I miss gettin' 
drunk and I'm angry that God doesn't help when I kneel)
G#m
Fuck it, I said my prayers
           F#
When I got clean, shit just got worse
E
(I quit doing drugs, and I pleaded with 
Jesus to save me but he didn't hear my words)
     G#m
This shit don't work, it hurts
          F#
I went to church, now I need liquid courage
E
Whiskey in my glass, I take the knives out of my back to stir it
G#m                             F#
Go to hell and back again, then show you burns to prove I earned it
E
I need shots or God to gain the strength I need, I'm just a person
 
 
[Chorus]
G#m       F#
I pray on my way
       E
To the liquor store that they lock the door
       G#m         F#
'Cause I'll lay in my grave
       E
If the whiskey pours like it did before
     G#m                 F#
I'm scared, I send out a prayer
            E
Can anybody hear me? Is anybody there?
                   G#m                    F#
'Cause honestly it hurts and every day is worse
              E
I keep buyin' whiskey when all I need is church
 
 
[Verse 2]
G#m               F#
I keep talkin' to God, but he don't hear me
E
And my demons are there, always listenin'
G#m               F#
I get lost in the dark, drownin' in whiskey
E
And I went in so far, you say you miss me
G#m                F#
I'm on a ship in a bottle, so say goodbye at the shore
E
 Break the glass and you'll find me, I'm not who I was before
G#m                   F#
 Close my eyes in the darkness and hold on through the storm
E
I'm a wreck in a bottle, I wasn't built for a war
G#m                F#      E
 These church pews, bright lights
                            G#m
Whiskey glasses, bottles of booze
           F#
Make short days to long nights
E
 The bottle, the Bible, I didn't know what to choose
 
 
[Chorus]
G#m       F#
I pray on my way
       E
To the liquor store that they lock the door
       G#m         F#
'Cause I'll lay in my grave
       E
If the whiskey pours like it did before
     G#m                 F#
I'm scared, I send out a prayer
            E
Can anybody hear me? Is anybody there?
                   G#m                    F#
'Cause honestly it hurts and every day is worse
              E
I keep buyin' whiskey when all I need is church
 
 
[Bridge]
G#m     F#                          E
I can't read, but the Bible's still with me
   G#m        F#                      E
My eyes can't see from the bottles of whiskey
  G#m     F#                 E
I don't believe anybody will miss me
        G#m   F#                           E
And I'm on my knees, tell me, God, are you listenin'?
 
 
[Chorus]
G#m       F#
I pray on my way
       E
To the liquor store that they lock the door
       G#m         F#
'Cause I'll lay in my grave
       E
If the whiskey pours like it did before
     G#m                 F#
I'm scared, I send out a prayer
            E
Can anybody hear me? Is anybody there?
                   G#m                    F#
'Cause honestly it hurts and every day is worse
              E
I keep buyin' whiskey when all I need is church
 
 
[Outro]
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