Title:    The Thirst is Taking Over
Artist:   Skillet
Album:    Alien Youth
Author:   John Cooper
Copyright 2001 Photon Music (BMI)
Tabbed by Casey Lee <schmoozemeter@hotmail.com>


Tune guitar down 1/2 step (all chords relative to tuning)


Intro:
F#m - G#m - E - F#m


Chorus:
F#m                   G#m
You alone are what my soul needs
             E                F#m
You know the thirst is taking over
F#m                    G#m
Hardly breathe, I'm in urgent need
             E                F#m
You know the thirst is taking over


    E                F#m
The thirst is taking over


C#m - C#2 - C#m - C#2


Verse 1:
C#m      C#2  C#m      C#2
 Hold me down, hold me down
              A
Drip it on my tongue
F#m                 C#m  C#2
 And my convulsions stop
C#m         C#2  C#m              C#m
 Thirst for love, thirst for Your love
        A      F#m          C#m  C#2
I could swollow Your beauty whole


Chorus


Verse 2:
C#m      C#2 C#m            C#2
 Running out, times running out
                  A  F#m              C#m  C#2
Searching for the One who can conquer me
          C#m           C#2
I'm gonna scream aloud, throw it down
C#m                  C#2
Crash in the sweet obsession of You
          A             F#m             C#m  C#2
I'm gonna swim and drown in the wake of You


Chorus


    E                F#m
The thirst is taking over


Bridge (play 6x):
A
 I wanna taste it
E
 I need to taste it
G#m           A
 Deep in the Savior's arms


Chorus (3x)


F#m
 I wanna drink You in
G#m
 I am drinking You in
E                    F#m
 I wanna drink You in
F#m
 I wanna drink You in
G#m
 I am drinking You in
E                    F#m
 I wanna drink You in
   (Its  tak - ing   over)
F#m
 I wanna drink You in
G#m
 I am drinking You in
E                    F#m
 I wanna drink You in
   (Its  tak - ing   over)

F#m                    G#m
Hardly breathe, I'm in urgent need
             E                F#m
You know the thirst is taking over
    E                F#m
The thirst is taking over


Outro (5x; guitar fades thru 3x & 4x):
A
 I wanna taste it
E
 I need to taste it
G#m           A
 Deep in the Savior's arms