John Mark McMillan
I Am A Temple
From "The Song Inside the Sounds of Breaking Down"
Tabbed by thatchadmiller (Twitter)
72 BPM
Intro
C - G - Am - F
(Chunky bar chords)
Verse 1
C G Am F
Deep inside me there's this burning that just won't let me go
C G Am F
You are my fire, You are my righteousness, You are my rock n roll
For the interlude and pre-chorus, start with the C on the 8th fret bar chord
and climb up from there.
For the E/F, play:
e|---------|
B|---------|
G|---------|
D|--14-----|
A|--15-----|
E|--12-----|
Interlude
C - Dm - F - E/F - Dm
Verse 2
C G
I wish I could fit you down inside my chest God
Am F
I wish that I could swallow you whole
C G
I'd wrap you up in a blanket of my skin
Am F
and you could call my body home
Pre-Chorus x2
C Dm F E/F Dm
I am a temple, I am a temple, My body is a temple, I , I am a temple
Chorus
C F
So what if I'm not worthy! So what if I'm not worthy!
G Am G
So what if I'm not worthy! You have made me clean
Intro
Verse 3
C G
I can't get over how quickly you recover
Am F
The pieces of my heart as they shatter
C G
Cause in your hands I am more than just a brand new man
Am F
And all my falling down now, well, it just don't matter
Pre-Chorus x2
Chorus x2
The lead riff throughout the song is picked in these two positions. Listen
for the changes.
e|----7----8--|
B|---8----8---|
G|--5----5----|
D|------------|
A|------------|
E|------------|
For the rest of the guitar stuff, get creative and just play the mess out of
it. Great song to improv and riff on.
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