Chords for Beth Hart "St. Teresa"

Hi, I'm Beth Hart.
So this song is off of the latest record, Better Than Home.
I really love this song.
It was inspired by a few things.
One of the things that inspired it
was the film Dead Men Walking.
I [E] love that movie so much.
[N] And then another thing that inspired it
was when I heard a quote from Mother Teresa
and she said that the definition of grace
is when you love someone that you think doesn't deserve it
or you help someone that you think doesn't deserve it.
I don't know why that just rings so deep within me
and it just made me think of compassion
and how easy it is to love people that are nice
and make you feel good,
but like that the true unconditional love
is when you think someone's a total asshole
and you love them anyway.
So anyway, it's called Saint Teresa.
I call [G] it Saint Teresa. _ _ _ _
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_ [C] _ _ _ _ _
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_ [G] _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ [C] _ _ _
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♪ Saint Teresa, _ _ I heard you coming [C] to town _ _ _ _ _ ♪
♪ _ [G] Your little footsteps _ _ _ make the sweetest [C] sound _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ♪ _
[Em] ♪ They come to put me [A] down, come to put me down ♪
♪ [C] Mother, [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _
[C] is it okay if I call you [G] mama?
_ [A] _ _ _ [D] ♪
♪ My arm [C] walked away when I [G] broke the law ♪
_ _ [A] ♪ Standing [C] on the bridge feeling [Em] like falling ♪
♪ [C] Would you pray _ [D] _ for me mama?
[G] _ _ _ _ _
♪
_ _ _ ♪ Saint Teresa, _ _ have mercy on _ [C] my soul ♪
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ ♪ The good must die young, _ that's why I'm getting [C] so _ _ old _ _ _ _ ♪
♪ [Em] They come to put me [E] down, come to put me [C] down, _ down, _ down ♪
_ _ _ [D] ♪ Mother, is [C] it okay if I [G] call you mama?
_ _ _ [D] ♪
♪ My arm walked [G] away when I broke the law _ _ ♪
[D] ♪ Standing on [C] the bridge feeling [Em] like falling ♪
♪ [C] Would you pray _ [A] _ for [G] me mama?
[A] ♪
♪ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ _
I [D] was never good at [G] confession [G] _ ♪
[C] ♪ Never [D] really that good at anything, [G] no _ ♪
♪ [Em] And they don't want me hanging around [A] the mission ♪
[B] _ ♪ [C] Singing _ hallelujah, _ _ _ _ _ _ singing _ _ _ hallelujah _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _
[G] ♪
♪ Saint Teresa, _ _ _ could I kiss [C] your _ _ skin? _ _
_ _ ♪
_ [G]
♪ Come a little closer _ to this hell [C] I'm living _ in ♪ _
[C] _ _ ♪ [Em] _ _
When they put me [A] down, when they put me _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] down ♪
♪ Mother, is [C] it okay if I call [G] you mama?
_ _ _ [D] ♪
♪ My arm [C] walked away when I broke [G] the law _ _ _ [D] ♪
♪ Standing on the [C] bridge feeling [Em] like falling _ ♪
♪ [C] Would you pray _ [D] _ for [G] me? _
_ _ ♪
♪ [C] Would you pray _ [D] for [Em] me mama?
_ _ ♪
♪ [C] Would you stay _ [D] with me?
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ ♪
♪ Keep singing _ _ hallelujah, _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
[A] _ _ _ [G] _ mama _ _ _ _ _ _
_ ♪ _ _ _
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