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TAKE ME TO CHURCH
As recorded by Hozier
(From the 2014 Album HOZIER)
Words and Music by Andrew Hozier-Byrne
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Andrew Hozier-Byrne - Piano'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Andrew Hozier-Byrne - Electric Guitar w/ light distortion'
1st Verse
Q=66(16=s16)
Em Am Em Am G Am Em Am Em Am
3/4
Gtr I (Piano arr. for Gtr.)
H Q H Q H Q H Q H Q
|-0----0--|-0----0--|-3----0--|-0----0--|-0----0--|
|-0----1--|-0----1--|-0----1--|-0----1--|-0----1--|
|-0----2--|-0----2--|-0----2--|-0----2--|-0----2--|
|-2----2--|-2----2--|-0----2--|-2----2--|-2----2--|
|-2----0--|-2----0--|-2----0--|-2----0--|-2----0--|
|-0-------|-0-------|-3-------|-0-------|-0-------|
Em Am G Am Em Am D5/A C/G
4/4
H Q H Q H Q H H
|-0----0--|-3----0--|-0----0--|-----------||
|-0----1--|-0----1--|-0----1--|-3----1----||
|-0----2--|-0----2--|-0----2--|-2----0----||
|-2----2--|-0----2--|-2----2--|-0----2----||
|-2----0--|-2----0--|-2----0--|-0----3----||
|-0-------|-3-------|-0-------|------3----||
2nd Verse
Em Am Em Am G Am
3/4
H Q H Q H Q
|-0----0--|-0----0--|-3----0--|
|-0----1--|-0----1--|-0----1--|
|-0----2--|-0----2--|-0----2--|
|-2----2--|-2----2--|-0----2--|
|-2----0--|-2----0--|-2----0--|
|-0-------|-0-------|-3-------|
Em Am D5/A C/G
4/4
H Q H H W
|-0----0--|-----------|------||
|-0----1--|-3----1----|-1----||
|-0----2--|-2----0----|-0----||
|-2----2--|-0----2----|-2----||
|-2----0--|-0----3----|-3----||
|-0-------|------3----|-3----||
Pre-Chorus
G C G Cm G Cm
3/4
H Q H Q H Q
|-3----0--|-3----3--|-3----3--|
|-0----1--|-0----4--|-0----4--|
|-0----0--|-0----5--|-0----5--|
|-0----2--|-0----5--|-0----5--|
|-2----3--|-2----3--|-2----3--|
|-3-------|-3-------|-3-------|
Chorus
$
$$
G Em B G Am
4/4
H S E. S E. e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e
|-3--------------||--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-|
|-3--------------||o-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-|
|-4--------------||--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-4-4-4-4-5-5-5-5-|
|-5--------------||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-5--------------||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-3----3-2--2-1--||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|
| Gtr II (El. Gtr. w/ light dist.)
| H S E. S E. W W H H
|----------------||--0---------------|-7---------------|-3-------5-------|
|----------------||o-0---------------|-7---------------|-3-------5-------|
|----------------||--0---------------|-8---------------|-4-------5-------|
|----------------||--2---------------|-9---------------|-5-------7-------|
|----------------||o-2---------------|-9---------------|-5-------7-------|
|------3-2--2-1--||--0---------------|-7---------------|-3-------5-------|
3rd Verse
To Coda
To Coda
Em Em Am Em Am
3/4
e e e e S E. S E. H Q H Q
|---------------------||-||--0----0--|-0----0--|
|-5-5-5-5------------o||-||o-0----1--|-0----1--|
|-4-4-4-4-------------||-||--0----2--|-0----2--|
|-5-5-5-5-------------||-||--2----2--|-2----2--|
|--------------------o||-||o-2----0--|-2----0--|
|---------5-3--3-2----||-||--0-------|-0-------|
|
| H S E. S E. H Q H Q
|-0-------------------||-||----------|---------|
|-0------------------o||-||o---------|---------|
|-0-------------------||-||----------|---------|
|-2-------------------||-||----------|---------|
|-2------------------o||-||o---------|---------|
|-0-------5-3--3-2----||-||--0----5--|-0----5--|
D.S. al Coda
G Am Em Am D5/A C/G C/G
4/4
H Q H Q H H H S E. S E.
|-3----0--|-0----0--|-------------||--------------------||
|-0----1--|-0----1--|--3----1----o||-1------------------||
|-0----2--|-0----2--|--2----0-----||-0------------------||
|-0----2--|-2----2--|--0----2-----||-2------------------||
|-2----0--|-2----0--|--0----3----o||-3------------------||
|-3-------|-0-------|-------3-----||-3----3-2--(2)-(1)--||
|
| H Q H Q H H H S E. S E.
|---------|---------|-------------||--------------------||
|---------|---------|------------o||--------------------||
|---------|---------|-------------||--------------------||
|---------|---------|-------------||--------------------||
|---------|---------|------------o||--------------------||
|-3----5--|-0----5--|-10----8-----||-8----3-2--(2)-(1)--||
Bridge
&
C G B7/F# Em/G C G B7/F# Em/G
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-0--0--3--3--|-2--2--0--0--|-0--0--3--3--|-2--2--0--0--|
|-1--1--0--0--|-0--0--0--0--|-1--1--0--0--|-0--0--0--0--|
|-0--0--0--0--|-2--2--0--0--|-0--0--0--0--|-2--2--0--0--|
|-2--2--0--0--|-1--1--2--2--|-2--2--0--0--|-1--1--2--2--|
|-3--3--2--2--|-------2--2--|-3--3--2--2--|-------2--2--|
|-------3--3--|-2--2--3--3--|-------3--3--|-2--2--3--3--|
|
| H H H Q Q H H H Q Q
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-3-----------|-------------|-3-----------|-------------|
|-------3-----|-2-----3--0--|-------3-----|-2-----3--0--|
C G B7/F# Em/G C G B7/F#
2/4
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-0--0--3--3--|-2--2--0--0--|-0--0--3--3--|-2------|
|-1--1--0--0--|-0--0--0--0--|-1--1--0--0--|-0------|
|-0--0--0--0--|-2--2--0--0--|-0--0--0--0--|-2------|
|-2--2--0--0--|-1--1--2--2--|-2--2--0--0--|-1------|
|-3--3--2--2--|-------2--2--|-3--3--2--2--|--------|
|-------3--3--|-2--2--3--3--|-------3--3--|-2------|
|
| H H H Q Q H H H
|-------------|-------------|-------------|--------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|--------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|--------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|--------|
|-3-----------|-------------|-3-----------|--------|
|-------3-----|-2-----3--0--|-------3-----|-2------|
Pre-Chorus
Em Cmaj7
4/4 3/4
e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e H Q
|-7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7-|--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7-||-3----0--|
|-8-8-8-8--8-8-8-8-|--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8-||-0----1--|
|-9-9-9-9--9-9-9-9-|--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9-||-0----0--|
|------------------|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-||-0----2--|
|------------------|-------------------------||-2----3--|
|------------------|-------------------------||-3-------|
|
| H H Q Q H W
|------------------|-------------------------||---------|
|------------------|-------------------------||---------|
|------------------|-------------------------||---------|
|------------------|-------------------------||---------|
|------------------|-------------------------||---------|
|-0-------10-------|--8-----8----------------||---------|
Outro
D.S.S. al Dbl. Coda &&
G Cm G Cm Em
4/4
H Q H Q H S S E S S E W +W
|-3----3--|-3----3--|-3-----------------||-7--------|-(7)----*|
|-0----4--|-0----4--|-3-----------------||-8--------|-(8)----*|
|-0----5--|-0----5--|-4-----------------||-9--------|-(9)----*|
|-0----5--|-0----5--|-5-----------------||-9--------|-(9)----*|
|-2----3--|-2----3--|-5-----------------||-7--------|-(7)----*|
|-3-------|-3-------|-3----3-2---2-1----||-0--------|-(0)----*|
|
| W W H S S E S S E W +W
|---------|---------|-------------------||----------|--------*|
|---------|---------|-------------------||----------|--------*|
|---------|---------|-------------------||----------|--------*|
|---------|---------|-------------------||----------|--------*|
|---------|---------|-------------------||----------|--------*|
|---------|---------|------3-2---2-1----||-0--------|-(0)----*|
Duration Legend
---------------
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature Legend
----------------
h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
\n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
<> - volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc Legend
-----------
| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths