((VERSE))
E (022100@1)          F# (244322@1)        G#m (133111@4)          F#Ode (244322@1)to joy, my lover boy's speaking in 
E (022100@1)                             F# (244322@1)                     G#m (133111@4)     F#tongues-And (244322@1)the sky's bleeding gray.................
E (022100@1)           F# (244322@1)        G#m (133111@4)             BNow (x2444x@1)I pull my bag o' prayers out
   C#sus         C# (x43121@1)          EmI (022000@1)hope to find one to save the day

And he judged my love, my lust
My taste with the straightest face
As I crumple up inside
A papier-mache, a shell with no name


((CHORUS))
E (022100@1)   F# (244322@1)   G#m (133111@4)  F#Sweet..............chariot (244322@1)E (022100@1)           B (x2444x@1)      G#m (133111@4)      ACome, (x02220@1)come, take me away from my 
E (022100@1)       F# (244322@1)    G#m (133111@4)    F#fear- (244322@1)Sweet......chariot
E (022100@1)         B (x2444x@1) G#m (133111@4)        ACome, (x02220@1)I have to get out of here

And he took me further than I wanted to go
Underneath his shoe
And it leaves me hungry for a touch I can't feel
A touch he won't do

And I thought the circle, it had an end
I'm old enough to know
My denial is how we began and how we will end
And now that I know

Sweet chariot
Come, come, take me away from my fear
Sweet chariot
Come, I have to get out of here

((BRIDGE))
D (xx0232@1)    A (x02220@1)        F#m (244222@1)           G (320003@1) Oh,....the blood that's in my 
D (xx0232@1)             A (x02220@1)             F#m (244222@1)    Gveins- (320003@1)So cold and frozen from the 
D (xx0232@1)           A (x02220@1)        F#m (244222@1)        G (320003@1)          Fstings- (133211@1)Oh, it comes and goes in waves
F (133211@1)                                  E (022100@1)    F# (244322@1) G#m (133111@4) F#................    
Am I really here?...................................................

(Repeat verse chords once)

Sweet chariot
Come, come, take me away from my fear
Sweet chariot
Can we leave him a trail of my tears?
Sweet chariot
It's been, it's been the longest of years
Sweet chariot
Come, I have to get out of here