Take Me To Your Leader
As Recorded by Newsboys
CD: Take Me To Your Leader
Music: Peter Furler/Lyrics: Steve Taylor
?1996 Dawn Treader Music (SESAC)
Transcribed by Bryan Fakes MtnDewer@usit.net

INTRO (Play two times - Second time play Bar 4 two times)
    G         C7      G         C7      G         C7      F         G
 |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------------|
T|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------------|
A|------------3--3-|------------3--3-|------------3--3-|------------0--0-----|
B|------------2--2-|------------2--2-|------------2--2-|------------0--0-----|
 |---2--2--2--3--3-|---2--2--2--3--3-|---2--2--2--3--3-|---0--0--0--2--2-----|
 |-/3--3--3--------|--3--3--3--------|--3--3--3--------|--1--1--1---3--3-----|

VERSE ONE (Guitar follows melody with wah wah effect and distortion)
  Cm                                       Bb         F
 |----------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
T|-4-4-4----4--4-4--xx--4--------xx---4-4-|-333-----3---------------------3--|
A|----------------------------------------|--------------5--5-5--5----5------|
B|----------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
 |----------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
 |----------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
   Isabelle is a belly dancer with a kleptomaniac's restraint.  Tried
stealing

   Cm                                 Bb                   F   (etc.)
 |----------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
T|-4-xx-4----xx-4------xx----/6--\4----3--|-xx-3-----------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------|------------5--5--------etc.------|
B|----------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
 |----------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
 |----------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
   Helena's handbasket made a fast getaway but McQueen she ain't.  At the


courtroom Joshua judges her ruthlessly on account of Ruth walking out on
him.  In the Big House Isabelle is a-telling all to the chaplain who's
become her friend.  She says:


FIRST CHORUS:
  G              C   C       G                 C   C         G
I don't know why you care, I don't know what's out there.  I don't know where
C  C         F                  G         F                  G
or how, just take me to your Leader now.  Take me to your Leader now.


Verse 2 (Same guitar as Verse one)
Justin is adjustin' to the odor from Theodore's Evergreen Incense.  But
aroma therapy don't make him any younger than Oliver's All Liver
Supplements.  His late mate Merrilee merrily said immortality can't be
bought in a jar.  This just in: Justin's had enough of cure-alls gonna quiz
the neighbor kid with the fish on his car.  He says...


SECOND CHORUS:
G                C   C       G                 C   C         G
I don't know why you care, I don't know what's out there.  I don't know how
C    C          F               G               G              C   C
it's done, just take me to your Leader, son.  I see you've got the joy, I've
G             C   C          G                           F
seen you live it, boy.  It's real it's free it's fun, so take me to your
G             F               G
Leader, son.  Take me to your Leader, son.


INTERLUDE
   B                    B            A
 |-7\-------|---------|-7--7----x----5---xx---5--|-7--7----x----5---xx---5--|
T|-7\-------|---------|-7--7----x----5---xx---5--|-7--7----x----5---xx---5--|
A|-8\-------|---------|-8--8----x----6---xx---6--|-8--8----x----6---xx---6--|
B|-9\-------|---------|-9--9----x----7---xx---7--|-9--9----x----7---xx---7--|
 |-9\-------|---------|-9--9----x----7---xx---7--|-9--9----x----7---xx---7--|
 |-7\-------|---------|-7--7----x----5---xx---5--|-7--7----x----5---xx---5--|

 |-7--7----x----5---xx---5--|-7--7----x----5---xx---5--|-7\------------------|
T|-7--7----x----5---xx---5--|-7--7----x----5---xx---5--|-7\------------------|
A|-8--8----x----6---xx---6--|-8--8----x----6---xx---6--|-8\------------------|
B|-9--9----x----7---xx---7--|-9--9----x----7---xx---7--|-9\------------------|
 |-9--9----x----7---xx---7--|-9--9----x----7---xx---7--|-9\------------------|
 |-7--7----x----5---xx---5--|-7--7----x----5---xx---5--|-7\------------------|


OUTRO CHORUS
     A              D  D          A                 D   D            A
They don't know why we care, They don't know what's out there.  They don't
         D    D           G                  A     A          A
know how it's done, let's take 'em to our Leader's Son.  They see we've got
D   D         A           D   D         A                               G
the joy, they see us live it, oi.  It's real it's free, it's fun, let's take
              A     A
'em to our Leader's Son.  (Repeat)
G                  A     A    G               A        A
Take 'em to our Leader's Son, take 'em to our Leader's Son.