Jesus Wept Uke tab by Sia

15 Chords used in the song: Am, Dm, Bb, F, G, Dm/C, Dm/B, Dm/Bb, C, Ab, Cm, Gm, Fm, Eb, Db

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Artist: Sia

Album: This Is Acting

Year: 2016

Difficulty:

5.17

(Intermediate)

Key: unknownChords

# [Intro]
Am Dm Am Dm
Am Bb F
Am Dm Am Dm
Am Bb F
 
# [Verse]
Am       Dm   Am  Dm     Am Bb F
Say your kin, pen seeks, ministry
Am  Dm     Am   Dm     Am Bb F
God shaped hole leaves me empty
Am  Dm  Am      Dm    Am    Bb F
Bottled friends won't bring relief
Am    Dm   Am    Dm   Am Bb F
Drown your voice with party
 

# [Pre-Chorus]
    Dm  F   G
For one and only
    Dm  Am Bb
For one so lonely
Dm    Dm/C   Dm/B  Dm/Bb C    F
Faith creeps slow  -  ly over me
 
 
# [Chorus]
Ab    Cm    Gm
How Jesus wept
     Bb        Ab     Cm     Gm
He wept as he  took twelve steps
      Bb
And carried me
Cm    Fm     Eb     Db
Oh, how he wept for the
Ab       Cm        Bb
Resurrection of me
 
 
# [Verse]
Am  Dm  Am     Dm  Am   Bb F
Blunted thorns are soft on skin
Am   Dm  Am     Dm Am   Bb   F
Will the weight of life lift me?
Am   Dm  Am Dm   Am Bb   F
Hear the chatter fooling me
Am    Dm   Am    Dm   Am Bb  F
Drown your voice with mighty weed
 
 
# [Pre-Chorus]
    Dm  F   G
For one and only
    Dm  Am Bb
For one so lonely
Dm    Dm/C   Dm/B  Dm/Bb C    F
Faith creeps slow  -  ly over me
 
 
# [Chorus]
Ab    Cm    Gm
  How Jesus wept
     Bb        Ab     Cm     Gm
  He wept as he  took twelve steps
      Bb
  And carried me
Cm    Fm     Eb     Db
  Oh, how he wept for the
Ab       Cm        Bb
  Resurrection of me
 
 
# [Bridge]
    Fm Db      Ab        Eb
And I - I felt something light
  Fm            Db
A fear to abide by
        Ab    Bb
I don't wanna fight
  Fm             Db
A blinding white light
    Ab        Cm
And I heard a cry
           Fm Db
And it was mine
              Cm  Eb
Burning to survive
 
 
# [Final Chorus]
Ab    Cm    Gm
  How Jesus wept
     Bb        Ab     Cm     Gm
  He wept as he  took twelve steps
      Bb
  And carried me
Cm    Fm     Eb     Db
  Oh, how he wept for the
 
Ab    Cm    Gm
  How Jesus wept
     Bb        Ab     Cm     Gm
  He wept as he  took twelve steps
      Bb
  And carried me
Cm    Fm     Eb     Db
  Oh, how he wept for the
Ab       Cm         Eb Db
  Resurrection of me
 
 
# [Outro]
Am Dm Am Dm
Am Bb F
Am Dm Am Dm
Am Bb F

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About this song: Jesus Wept

“Jesus wept” is a track off Sia's deluxe edition of ''This is Acting'" released in November 2016.As Liz Wann writes on "Think Christian", the song's theme and where Sia points to is the spiritual death of addiction. The orchestral opening of the song cuts out to short harp strums and cello as Sia’s slow, plodding vocals begin the opening verse. Resembling the mournful sounds of a funeral dirge, the verses speak of the emptiness of “God-shaped holes” and how she tries to fill them with “bottled friends who won’t bring relief Read more on Last.fm.

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