Intro chords; 654321 arpeggio-style picking on /x00210/ x00430 / x00210 / x00430 x00650/ {verse} Take these shoes Click clacking down some dead end street (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} Yahweh, Yahweh Always pain before a child is born Yahweh, Yahweh Still I'm waiting for the (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} dawn Still waiting for the dawn, the sun is coming up The sun is coming up on the ocean This love is like a drop in the ocean 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 Take this heart Take this heart Take this heart And make it break