Sacred love chords by Sting

SimplifiedEm · E · F#m · D · Bm …

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Em
E
F#m
D
Bm
Asus4
A
Bsus4
B
C#m
Esus4
Edim
Bbaug
C
F#
Gdim

Intro 1
Em 
E 
Em 
 (E minor)  (E major)  (E minor) 
E 
Em 
 (E major)  (E minor) 
F#m 
D 
Bm 
Em 
 (F sharp minor)  (D major)  (B minor)  (E minor) 
D 
Em 
Take  (D major) off those  (E minor) working

Verse 1
clothes
Put on these high heeled shoes
Don't want no preacher
on the TV baby
D 
Em 
Don't  (D major) want to hear  (E minor) the news

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Verse 2
Em 
Shut out the world behind  (E minor) us
Put on your long black dress
No one's ever gonna find us here
Just leave your hair in a mess
D 
Asus4 
A 
 (D major) I've  (Asus4) been     search (A major) ing
Bsus4 
B 
Bsus4 
long  (Bsus4) enough    (B major)  (Bsus4) 
C#m 
B 
Bsus4 
 (C sharp minor) I  (B major) begged the moon  (Bsus4) and
Asus4 
D 
A 
the stars  (Asus4) above  (D major)  (A major) 
Em 
For sac (E minor) red love

Interlude 1

Verse 3
Em 
I've been up,  (E minor) I've been down
I've been lonesome, in this godless town
D 
Asus4 
 (D major) You're  (Asus4) my       religion,
A 
 (A major) you're my church
Asus4 
A 
You're the  (Asus4) holy     grail  (A major) at
the end of my search
C#m 
B 
Have I been  (C sharp minor) down  on  (B major) my
A 
knees for long  (A major) enough?
E 
A 
I've been  (E major) searching  (A major) the planet to find
Em 
A 
Em 
 (E minor)  (A major) Sac (E minor) red love

Interlude 2

Verse 4
E 
D 
 (E major) The spirit moves  (D major) on the water
Em 
Edim 
Bbaug 
She  (E minor)  (Edim) takes the shape  (B flataug) of
Edim 
E 
this heavenly daugh (Edim) ter (E major) 
D 
She's rising up like a  (D major) river in flood
Edim 
The  (Edim) word got made into
Bbaug 
C 
Bbaug 
 (B flataug) flesh     (C major) and  (B flataug) blood
Em 
E 
 (E minor) The sky grew  (E major) dark,
D 
and the earth  (D major) she shook
Em 
Edim 
Just  (E minor) like a  (Edim) prophecy
Bbaug 
in  (B flataug) the      Holy Book
D 
Em 
E 
Em 
Thou  (D major) shalt  (E minor) not  (E major) covet, thou  (E minor) shalt not steal
D 
Edim 
 (D major) Thou  (Edim) shalt  not doubt that
Bbaug 
this love  (B flataug) is real
F# 
C#m 
B 
So  (F sharp major) I got  (C sharp minor) down  on  (B major) my knees
E 
A 
and I prayed  (E major) to  (A major) the skies
C#m 
B 
When I  (C sharp minor) looked  (B major) up
E 
A 
could I trust  (E major) my  (A major) eyes?
C#m 
B 
All the saint (C sharp minor) s     and  (B major) angels and
D 
Asus4 
A 
the stars  (D major) up  (Asus4) above     (A major) 
E 
Edim 
Gdim 
They all  (E major) bowed  (Edim) down  (Gdim) to
F#m 
the flower  (F sharp minor) of creation
Gdim 
Edim 
E 
Em 
 (Gdim) Every  (Edim) man  (E major) every  (E minor) woman
Gdim 
F#m 
 (Gdim) Every   (F sharp minor) race every nation
F# 
E 
Edim 
A 
B 
 (F sharp major) It  all  (E major) comes  (Edim) down to  (A major) this  (B major) 
Em 
Sac (E minor) red love

Interlude 3

Verse 5
E 
 (E major) Don't need no doctor,
D 
Edim 
 (D major) don't need no pills  (Edim) 
Bbaug 
I got a cure  (B flataug) for      the
C 
Em 
country's  (C major) ills  (E minor) 
E 
Em 
Here she  (E major) comes like a river  (E minor) in  flood
Edim 
The word  (Edim) got made in
Bbaug 
C 
 (B flataug) to       flesh  (C major) and blood
D 
E 
Em 
Thou  (D major) shalt  (E major) not steal,  (E minor) thou shalt not kill
Edim 
But if you don't  (Edim) love her
Bbaug 
your  (B flataug) best friend will

Verse 6
Em 
All the saint (E minor) s   up in heaven
and the stars up above
Edim 
It all  (Edim) comes down,
Bbaug 
it  (B flataug) all comes down
C 
D 
Em 
A 
Em 
It all comes down  (C major) to  (D major)  (E minor)  (A major)  (E minor) love,

Verse 7
Em 
 (E minor) 
Take off your working clothes
A 
Em 
Put on your  (A major) long black  (E minor) dress
Esus4 
A 
E 
And  (Esus4) your     high  (A major) heeled  (E major) shoes
Em 
 (E minor) Just leave your hair in a mess

Verse 8
Em 
I've been  (E minor) thinking 'bout religion
I've been thinking 'bout
the things that we believe
I've been thinking 'bout the Bible
I've been thinking 'bout
Esus4 
A 
Em 
Adam  (Esus4) and Eve  (A major)  (E minor) 
I've been thinking 'bout the garden
I've been thinking 'bout the tree of knowledge,
A 
Em 
and the  (A major) tree of life  (E minor) 
I've been thinking 'bout forbidden fruit
I've been thinking 'bout a
man and his wife