CAPO: 1st Fret INTRO: G C G C On tomorrow's painted wagon, in a yester-dreaming day G C Am C I rode to Heaven never thinking I'd be back this way G C G Am7 Now I'm standing at your doorstep with my halo turning grey C C/B D D/F# G Open up your gate, Mari-ana CHORUS: D C G Lay me down in the dark womb of your love C G Mother I sought the chosen people C D D/F# G But I found no one to comfort me D C G Lay me down in the dark womb of your love C G Mother I climbed the highest steeple C D G I found nothing to believe G C G C When they called my faults against the wall, I took my place in line G C Am C And put my trust in priestly men to break the ties that bind G C G Am7 But their straight and narrow highway's just a row of billboard signs C C/B D D/F# G Open up your gate, Mari-ana CHORUS: D C G Lay me down in the dark womb of your love C G Mother I sang the sacred Psalter C D D/F# G But no saviour came to comfort me D C G Lay me down in the dark womb of your love C G I went naked to the altar C D G I found nothing to believe G C G C So I set my feet to walking from the sidewalk to the sand G C Am C In search of any saint or sage who knew the master plan G C G Am7 And I wandered every back-road in that broken promised land C C/B D D/F# G Open up your gate, Mari-ana CHORUS: D C G Lay me down in the dark womb of your love C G Mother I kept the plain and simple C D D/F# G But no shepherd came to comfort me D C G Lay me down in the dark womb of your love C G I stood shivering in the temple C D G I found nothing to believe G C G C As lightning burns these bridges under, smoke will surely rise G C Am C And the fables of my innocence blow lazy through the skies G C G Am7 When timeless truths reveal themselves as little more than lies C C/B D D/F# G Open up your gate, Mari-ana CHORUS: D C G Lay me down in the dark womb of your love C G Mother I razed the tainted chapel C D D/F# G But no angel came to comfort me D C G Lay me down in the dark womb of your love C G Mother I stormed the Tower of Babel C D G I found nothing to believe G C G C So sticks and stones might break this body, words might wound my soul G C Am C And phantom visions fly me where the faithful fear to go G C G Am7 But when this story's over and my sun is sinking low C C/B D D/F# G Open up your gate, Mari-ana CHORUS: D C G Lay me down in the dark womb of your love C G Mother the years pass out of counting C D D/F# G But no prophet comes to comfort me D C G Lay me down in the dark womb of your love C G Mother I climbed the holy mountain C D G I found nothing to believe C Mother I climbed the holy mountain D D/F# G I found nothing to believe