Chapman performs this with DADGAD Tuning (stepped down to Db),
but this plays nicely with the standard tuning below - Key of G.
86 Bpm
G Cadd9
Intro: Ohhs X4
Verse 1
Cadd9 G
I hear the clock beep, pull me out of my sleep
Em
Tell me there's a day ahead of me
G
Trying to wake up, sipping on a hot cup
Em
With the little lady in green
Pre-chorus
Cadd9 G/B Cadd9
And I'm praying 'bout the man I wanna be
G/B Cadd9
Saying, God, please take all of me
D Em Cadd9
And fill me up with Your love
Chorus
G G/B
Love, take these words that I'm speaking
Cadd9 D
Love, take these thoughts that I'm thinking
Em Cadd9
Love, take me over
G G/B
Love, fill up all of my space and
Cadd9 D
Love, stand right here in my place
Em Cadd9
Love, hear this prayer that I'm praying
G Cadd9
Love, take me, love, take me over
G
Love, take me over
G Cadd9
Ohhs X2
Verse 2
Cadd9 G
This is what I'm sure of, I can only show love
Em
When I really know how loved I am
G
When it overtakes me, then it animates me
Em
Flowing from my heart into my hands
Pre-chorus
Cadd9 G/B Cadd9
So I'm praying, Father, help my heart believe
G/B Cadd9
That right now You're singing over me
D Em Cadd9
And fill me up with Your love
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Chorus
G G/B
Love, take these words that I'm speaking
Cadd9 D
Love, take these thoughts that I'm thinking
Em Cadd9
Love, take me over
G G/B
Love, fill up all of my space and
Cadd9 D
Love, stand right here in my place
Em Cadd9
Love, hear this prayer that I'm praying
G Cadd9
Love, take me, love, take me over
G
Love, take me over
Bridge
D G/B Cadd9 G
Take me over, over,
D G/B Cadd9 G
Take me over, over,
D G/B A/C#
Let Your never-ending, never-failing, all-consuming love
Cadd9 Em D
Take over me
Pre-chorus
Cadd9 G/B Cadd9
So I'm praying, Father, help my heart believe
G/B Cadd9
That right now You're singing over me
D Em Cadd9
And fill me up with Your love
Chorus
G G/B
Love, take these words that I'm speaking
Cadd9 D
Love, take these thoughts that I'm thinking
Em Cadd9
Love, take me over
G G/B
Love, fill up all of my space and
Cadd9 D
Love, stand right here in my place
Em Cadd9
Love, hear this prayer that I'm praying
G Cadd9
Love, take me, love, take me over
G
Love, take me over
Ending
G G/B
Love, take everything that I'm doing
Cadd9 D
Love, like a river, flow through me
Em Cadd9
Love, take me over
G G/B
Love, fill up all of my space and
Cadd9 D
Love, stand right here in my place
Em Cadd9
Love, hear this prayer that I'm praying
G Cadd9
Love, take me, love, take me over
G Cadd9
Love, take me, love, take me over
G Cadd9
Love, take me, love, take me over
G
Love, take me over
Love Take Me Over, by Steven Curtis Chapman
© 2013 Provident Label Group LLC, a unit of Sony Music Entertainment
