Key: C
Introduction:
D#standard,
correct, I'm open to it, as I'm not sure about these, so please correct if need be.
C
It's a series of bars thrift stores and churches lining the streets
Am Gm F
While women with gold crosses push kids into half-formed beliefs
C
And if Lot was righteous, I think I'd rather not be
Am Gm F
We lean on fences built from outdated morality
C
It's a gang mentality, it's a dangerous thing
Am Gm F
They don't ask you to think, just to repeat after me
C
And assume you're too careless to look at it critically
Am Gm F
You'll stop progress if it contradicts what you're told to believe
B5 A5 C B5
I refuse to spend life on my knees
C
These billboards that flaunt these scared tactics
Am Gm F
Make me think you're only good if you're afraid of being punished
C
Every single Sunday, church bells wake me up
Am Gm F
But it's never enough to pull me out of bed
C
The church on Main Street has got its doors painted red
Am Gm F
And I guess it's so the Angel of Death passes over it on its way to get gas
C
The church over on Broad Street has got a neon sign that says Jesus Save Me
Am Gm F
And I guess it's so God can see from where he is in the cheap seats
B5 A5 C B5
I refuse to spend life on my knees
F
I won't let somebody else
Am
Somebody else
C
Somebody else
C F
If we're all just Christians or lions
C F
I think I'd rather be on the side with sharper teeth
B5 A5
I don't need saving