Key: E
Introduction:
Eb Bb Ab Eb Bb Eb
A church is burn - - - - ing
Ab Bb Eb Bb Eb
the flames rise high - er
Gm Fm
like hands that are pray - ing
Ab Bb Fm Bb
a - glow in the sky
Eb
Like hands that are praying
Ab Gm Fm Eb
the fi - re is saying,
Ab Eb
"You can burn down my churches
Bb7 Eb Bb Eb Bb Eb Bb Eb Bb Eb Fm
but I shall be - e free."
Eb
Three hooded men thru the backroads did creep
Fm
Torches in their hands while
Eb
the village lies a-sleep
Ab Fm Eb
Down to the church where
C# Eb
just hours be-fore
Ab Fm Eb
voices were singing and
Ab Fm Eb
hands were beating and
Ab Bb Eb Bb Eb
saying I won't be a slave any-more.
Eb Bb Ab Eb Bb Eb
And a church is burn - - - - ing
Ab Bb Eb Bb Eb
the flames rise high - er
Gm Fm
like hands that are pray - ing
Ab Bb Fm Bb
a - glow in the sky
Eb
Like hands that are praying
Ab Gm Fm Eb
the fi - re is saying,
Ab Eb
"You can burn down my churches
Bb7 Eb Bb Eb Bb Eb Bb Eb Fm
but I shall be - e free."
Eb
Three hooded men, their hands lit the spark
Fm
Then they faded in the night
Eb
and they vanished in the dark
Ab Fm Eb
And in the cool light of morning
Ab Fm Eb
there's nothing that re-mains
Ab Eb
But the ashes of a bible and
Bb7 Eb
a can of kero-sene
Eb Bb Ab Eb Bb Eb
And a church is burn - - - - ing
Ab Bb Eb Bb Eb
the flames rise high - er
Gm Fm
like hands that are pray - ing
Ab Bb Fm Bb
a - glow in the sky
Eb
Like hands that are praying
Ab Gm Fm Eb
the fi - re is saying,
Ab Eb
"You can burn down my churches
Bb7 Eb Bb Eb Bb Eb Bb Eb Fm
but I shall be - e free."
Eb
A church is more than just timber and stone
Fm
And freedom is a dark road
Eb
When you're walking it a-lone
Ab Fm Eb
But the future is now
Ab Fm Eb
and it's time to take a stand
Ab Eb
So the lost bells of freedom
Bb7 Eb
can ring out in my land
Eb Bb Ab Eb Bb Eb
And a church is burn - - - - ing
Ab Bb Eb Bb Eb
the flames rise high - er
Gm Fm
like hands that are pray - ing
Ab Bb Fm Bb
a - glow in the sky
Eb
Like hands that are praying
Ab Gm Fm Eb
the fi - re is saying,
Ab Fm Eb Cm
"You can burn down my churches
Ab Bb Ab Fm Eb Bb Eb Fm Eb Bb Eb
but I - I - I - I shall be free."