The time signature in the Introduction and part of the chorus (end) switches from 4/4 to 2/4, so if you count:
Em D
1 2 3 4 1 2
C D
1 2 3 4 1 2
and practice following the original song it should make sense!
The rest of the song will be in 4/4 so strum 8 beats for each chord :)
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[Introduction]
Em C D
Em C D
[Chorus]
Em D C D
If you were church, I'd get on my knees
Em D C D
Confess my love, I'd know where to be
Em D C D
My sanctuary, you're holy to me
Em D C D
If you were church, I'd get on my knees
Em C
I'd get on my knees
Em C
I'd get on my knees
Em C
[Verse 1]
Em
Take the pain
G
Make it billboard big and swallow it for me
Am
Time capsule for the future
C B
Trust me, that's what I will be
Em G
Oh, the things that you Do in the name of what you love
Am
You are doomed but just enough
C B
You are doomed but just enough
[Chorus]
Em
If you were church, whoo
D C D
I'd get on my knees, yeah
Em D C D
Confess my love, I'd know where to be
Em D C D
My sanctuary, you're holy to me
Em D C D
If you were church, yeah, I'd get on my knees
Em C
I'd get on my knees, whoo
Em C
I'd get on my knees
Em C
I'd get on my knees
Em C
[Verse 2]
Em G
I love the world but I just don't love the way it makes me feel
Am
Got a few more fake friends
C B
And it's getting hard to know what's real
Em
And if death is the last appointment
G
Then we're all just sitting in the waiting room
Am C B
I Am just a human trying to avoid my certain doom
[Chorus]
Em
If you were church, whoo
D C D
I'd get on my knees, yeah
Em D C D
Confess my love, I'd know where to be
Em D C D
My sanctuary, you're holy to me
Em D C D
If you were church, yeah, I'd get on my knees
Em C
I'd get on my knees, yeah, oh
Em C
I'd get on my knees, yeah
Em C
I'd get on my knees
Em
If you were church, whoo
D C D
I'd get on my knees, yeah
Em D C D
Confess my love, I'd know where to be
Em D C D
My sanctuary, you're holy to me
Em D C D
If you were church, yeah, I'd get on my knees