Key: A
Introduction:
Am F
When the darkness closed in all around
C
It didn't bring us down
G Am
It only made stronger for those days
F
When they turned our dreams to distant thoughts
C
The embers still burned hot
G
And now the flames will blaze
Chorus
Am
So let them burn
F
They set the fire
C
Now we can see
G
How they conspire
Am
But they've been shattered
F
Like broken glass
C
And now we're building better worlds
G
On the ashes of the past
verse 2
Am F
When oppression came here from all sides
C
We didn't take their lies
g
Am F
When they asked us why we're not the same
C
We wouldn't play their game
G
We are the voices crying
Chorus
Am
So let them burn
F
They set the fire
C
Now we can see
G
How they conspire
Am
But they've been shattered
F
Like broken glass
C
And now we're building better worlds
G
On the ashes of the past
verse 3
F G Am
But no the battle isn't won
F
The war has only just begun
G Am C F
And we'll keep fighting, keep building, a better place for us
G Am
And if they strike us down tonight
C F
We'll sear the darkness with the light
G Am
It's revolution time, and you're on our side
Chorus(quiet)
Am
So let them burn
F
They set the fire
C
Now we can see
G
How they conspire
Am
But they've been shattered
F
Like broken glass
C
And now we're building better worlds
G
On the ashes of the past
Chorus
G# Am
So let them burn (So we'll let them)
F
They set the fire (burn tonight)
C
Now we can see (Watch the flames light)
G
How they conspire (Up the sky)
G# Am
But they've been shattered (Shattered like a)
F
Like broken glass (Broken glass)
C
And now we're building better worlds
G G#
On the ashes of the past