A Church Is Burning

	  				 
	 
	 

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