There's no acoustic guitar on the recorded version of this song, but it seems to be a pretty straightforward exercise in the key of C. The verses center around a walkdown in which you'll stress the notes in bold:

 C: x32010
C/B: x20010
Am: x02210
Em: 022000

 Intro: (C)(G)(C)(G) . . .

 (C)Step through this (C/B)trampled wall
The (Am)unhinged door be(Em)trays it all
That (F)far within our (G)faith we were all (C)waiting (G)
The (C)broken glass re(C/B)flects the haze
It (Am)shines like endless (Em)holy days
(F)Struggling to re(E)member what they're (F)celebrating

Well, a (C)God (C/B)des(Am)cended (F)
And the (C)real(C/B)time (Am)ended (F)
His (C)life was lifted (C/B)just above the (Am)law (F)
And now we (C)have to live with (C/B)what we did
With (Am)what we (F)saw

 Well, you (C)mend your clothes and (C/B)patch your roof
And (Am)slivers of God's (Em)shattered truth
Grow (F)tender as the (G)grass in clean-swept (C)yards (G)
But a (C)savior came and (C/B)told us how
The (Am)truth was all a(Em)round us now
A(F)bandon house and (E)field and gather (F)up the shards

 Well, a (C)God (C/B)des(Am)cended (F)
And the (C)real(C/B)time (Am)ended (F)
His (C)life was lifted (C/B)just above the (Am)law (F)
And now we (C)have to live with (C/B)what we did
With (Am)what we (F)saw

 Well, you (Dm)build your faith with strength and duty
(Em)Build your love but there's a beauty
(Dm)Well you know the scriptures tell
There (Em)are a few shards left in hell
And (Dm)if we want a god we had to (G)follow, follow him (C)down

 (C)(C/B)(Am)(F) . . . (C)(C/B)(Am)(F) . . .

(C)Pictures torn out (C/B)of their frames
And (Am)orgies where we (Em)lost our names
(F)All were gone with (G)time's real de(C)sire (G)
Well, you (C)ask how God can (C/B)curse you thus
That's (Am)not a question (Em)asked by us
We (F)burned our beds and (E)books
We fear we've (F)lost the fire

 The (C)God (C/B)des(Am)cended (F)
And the (C)real(C/B)time (Am)ended (F)
His (C)life was lifted (C/B)just above the (Am)law (F)
And now we (C)have to live with (C/B)what we did
With (Am)what we (F)saw . . . (C)