St. Teresa Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[G][Csus2][C][Csus2][C][Csus2]
[G]

[Verse 1]
St. [G]Teresa
I heard you're coming [C]to town[Csus2][C]
[G]Your little footsteps
Make the sweetest [C]sound
[Csus2][C][Csus2]
[Em]They come to put me down[A]
Come to put me [C]down down down

[Verse 2]
[D]Mother is it [C]ok if I call you[G] mama?
[D]My own walked awa[C]y
when I broke the [G]law
And [D]standing on the bridge
[C]Feeling like falling[Em]
Would you [C]pray [D]for me mam[G]a?

[Verse 3]
[G]
St. Teresa
Have mercy on [C]my [G]soul
The good must die young
That's why I'm getting [C]so [Csus2]old
[Em]They come to put me down
[A]They come to put me dow[C]n down down

[Verse 4]
[D]Mother is it [C]ok if I call you[G] mama?
[D]My own walked awa[C]y
when I broke [G]the law
And [D]standing on [C]the bridge
feeling like fall[Em]ing
Would [C]you pray [D]for me [G]mama?

[Verse 5]
[C]I was nev[D]er good at con[G]fession
[C]Never really that goo[D]d at anything at all[G]
And [Em]they don't want me hanging
around the mis[A]sion
Singing [C]hallelujah
Singing [D]hallelujah[C][G]
[C][G][Am][C][G]

[Verse 6]
St. Teresa
Could I kiss [C]your skin?
[G]Come a little closer
To this hell I'm [C]living [Em]in
When they put me [A]down
When they put me down
[C]

[Verse 7]
[D]Mother is it [C]ok if I call you[G] mama?
[D]My own walked awa[C]y
when I broke [G]the law
And [D]standing on the bridge
[C]Feeling like falling[Em]
Would [C]you pray [D]for me mam[G]a?
Would [C]you pray [D]for me [Em]mama?
Would [C]you stay [D]with me [C]mama?[G]
And keep singing [C]hal[D] le[C] lu[G] ja[Am]h
[G]Mama[C]