Title:    Clean
Artist:   Smalltown Poets
Album:    Third Verse
Author:   Michael Johnston & Matt Goldman
Copyright 1998 Ardent/Koala (ASCAP) / Smalltown Poetry (ASCAP) / Sleep in
          Heavenly Pizza (ASCAP)
Tabbed by Casey Lee <schmoozemeter@hotmail.com>


Intro:
D - G - A (x2)


Verse 1:
D      G       A             D
Clothed in the common and profane
G        A           D
 And the tendency for
G    A                     D         G A
 Independence runs through every vain
      D    A                       D
Self-aware, bare before You at the waterside
A                          G          A G
 Afraid to take the step into the tide
     A         F#m   G        A
Oh I feel so obscene, knowing I am only


Chorus:
D     G            A               D     G
Clean, because You promised me, I'm clean
A            D     G A
Wash me, I am clean


Verse 2 (same as verse 1):
Called apart never has meant loneliness
But it feels that way
Any day I'd rather not confess
So take away the part of me that forgets the price of grace
I have only hope to erase
Every failure I have seen and I am only


Chorus

                  D    G A
I'm ready for the world


D - A (x2)

D          A          D          A
 Thank You, thank You, thank You, thank You
D          A          D          A
 Thank You, thank You, thank You, thank You


Chorus:
D     G            A               D     G
Clean, because You promised me, I'm clean
A            D     G A
Wash me, I am clean,  ready for the world
D     G            A               D     G
Clean, because You promised me, I'm clean
A            D     G     A             D    G
Wash me, I am clean, I'm ready for the world
A             D    G A             D    G A             D    G
Ready for the world, ready for the world, ready for the world
A             D    G         A             D
Ready for the world, and I'm ready for the world