Intro: A5 C5 G5 A5 x2 A5 C5 (VI) Four little girls tying their sash G5 A5 In the basement room that day A5 C5 Poking fun and making jokes G5 A5 Before getting on their knees to pray (VII) Just so young with all their dreams and years to the end Strewn away in the rubble By the hatred of scared white men (VIII) It was early December in the year of '63 George Wallace defied what the courts they did decree (VIV) They said make your school doors open for the child of black and white Wallace clenched up both his fists and called out for a fight A5 C5 (Chor) Down in the Birmingham jail A5 C5 Down in the Birmingham jail A5 C5 You had a chance to live your life G5 But now your locked... A5 In the Birmingham jail (VV) When the locals heard the news that day Their blood began to boil They decided the only good colored man Was down beneath the soil (VVI) So with their hat and money They began to conspire And soon in Birmingham the air was thick With Powder and Fire Chorus