Tom MacDonald feat Nova Rockafeller - Church

[Intro]
G#m F# E
G#m F# E

[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]
G#m F# E
G#m F# E