Life Is A Church

	  		
Intro: C G/B F Fm 

Dm               C           G          F 
Watching the surf cover up my toes 
Dm               C           G          F 
Breathing the salt air from the coast. 
Dm               C           G          F 
Ten years old with my eyes pressed closed. 
     C            G/B   Am   Fm 
Life is a church. 

Dm               C           G          F 
Remembering first love's tender kiss. 
Dm               C           G          F 
Mourning the loss of my innocence, 
Dm               C           G          F 
The bittersweet taste of it on my lips. 

    C         G 
Life is a church. 
                    Am     F   Fm 
These are the sacraments. 
    C         G 
This is the altar. 
                   Am     F   Fm 
Love is the spirit 
    C         G    Am     F   Fm 
Making the blue planet turn. 
    C 
Life is a church. 

Dm               C           G          F 
Watching my baby being born 
Dm               C           G          F 
Written all over you, pain and joy 
Dm               C           G          F 
Holding your hand, it's a little boy. 

    C         G 
Life is a church. 
                    Am     F   Fm 
These are the sacraments. 
    C         G 
This is the altar. 
                   Am     F   Fm 
Love is the spirit 
    C         G    Am     F   Fm 
Making the blue planet turn. 
    C 
Life is a church. 

G Dm Am C 
Ooooooh!!! (2x) 

Dm               C           G          F 
Ashes to ashes, earth to earth. 
Dm               C           G          F 
The preacher throws in the first handful of dirt. 
Dm               C           G          F 
My little boy asks me, "does goodbye always hurt?" 

    C         G 
Life is a church. 
                    Am     F   Fm 
These are the sacraments. 
    C         G 
This is the altar. 
                   Am     F   Fm 
Love is the spirit 
    C         G    Am     F   Fm 
Making the blue planet turn. 
    C 
Life is a church.