Eb (x43121@3)   Bb (x1333x@1)    Ab (xx1114@1) Eb (x43121@3)BbEb  
A church is burn - - - - ing  
                Ab (xx1114@1)BbEb  BbEb  
the flames rise high - er  
          Gm (355333@1)   Fm (133111@1)
like hands that are pray - ing  
    Ab (xx1114@1)        Bb (x1333x@1)Fm (133111@1)Bb (x1333x@1)
a - glow in the sky  
     Eb (x43121@3)     
Like hands that are praying   
    Ab (xx1114@1) GmFm  Eb (x43121@3)
the fi - re is  saying,  
 Ab (xx1114@1)     Eb (x43121@3)
"You can burn down my churches   
    Bb7 (x13131@1)       Eb (x43121@3)BbEb BbEb  BbEb  BbEb  Fm (133111@1)  
but I shall be - e free."  
        Eb (x43121@3)                
Three hooded men thru the backroads did creep  
Fm (133111@1)  
Torches in their hands while  
    Eb (x43121@3)      
the village lies a-sleep  
AbFm  Eb (x43121@3)
Down to the church where  
     C# (x43121@1)       Eb (x43121@3)    
just   hours be-fore  
Ab (xx1114@1)   Fm (133111@1) Eb (x43121@3)         
voices were singing and  
Ab (xx1114@1)  Fm (133111@1) Eb (x43121@3)        
hands were beating and   
Ab (xx1114@1)   BbEb      Bb (x1333x@1)      Eb (x43121@3)    
saying I  won't be a slave any-more.  
      Eb (x43121@3)      Bb (x1333x@1)    Ab (xx1114@1) Eb (x43121@3)BbEb  
And a church is burn - - - - ing  
                Ab (xx1114@1)BbEb  BbEb  
the flames rise high - er  
          Gm (355333@1)   Fm (133111@1)
like hands that are pray - ing  
    Ab (xx1114@1)        Bb (x1333x@1)Fm (133111@1)Bb (x1333x@1)
a - glow in the sky  
     Eb (x43121@3)     
Like hands that are praying   
    Ab (xx1114@1) GmFm  Eb (x43121@3)
the fi - re is  saying,  
 Ab (xx1114@1)     Eb (x43121@3)
"You can burn down my churches   
    Bb7 (x13131@1)       Eb (x43121@3)BbEb BbEb  BbEb   Fm (133111@1)  
but I shall be - e free."  
        Eb (x43121@3)              
Three hooded men, their hands lit the spark   
          Fm (133111@1)           
Then they faded in the night  
         Eb (x43121@3)              
and they vanished in the dark  
           Ab (xx1114@1)     FmEb  
And in the cool light of morning  
        Ab (xx1114@1)         FmEb  
there's nothing that re-mains  
        Ab (xx1114@1)      Eb (x43121@3)        
But the ashes of a bible and  
  Bb7 (x13131@1)     Eb (x43121@3)
a can of kero-sene  
      Eb (x43121@3)      Bb (x1333x@1)    Ab (xx1114@1) Eb (x43121@3)BbEb  
And a church is burn - - - - ing  
                Ab (xx1114@1)BbEb  BbEb  
the flames rise high - er  
          Gm (355333@1)   Fm (133111@1)
like hands that are pray - ing  
    Ab (xx1114@1)        Bb (x1333x@1)Fm (133111@1)Bb (x1333x@1)
a - glow in the sky  
     Eb (x43121@3)     
Like hands that are praying   
    Ab (xx1114@1) GmFm  Eb (x43121@3)
the fi - re is  saying,  
 Ab (xx1114@1)     Eb (x43121@3)
"You can burn down my churches   
    Bb7 (x13131@1)       Eb (x43121@3)BbEb BbEb  BbEb   Fm (133111@1)  
but I shall be - e free."  
        Eb (x43121@3)              
A church is more than just timber and stone  
    Fm (133111@1)           
And freedom is a dark road  
            Eb (x43121@3)           
When you're walking it a-lone  
        Ab (xx1114@1)   FmEb  
But the future is now  
         Ab (xx1114@1)        FmEb  
and it's time to take a stand  
       Ab (xx1114@1)          Eb (x43121@3)        
So the lost bells of freedom  
     Bb7 (x13131@1)         Eb (x43121@3)
can ring out in my land  
     Eb (x43121@3)      Bb (x1333x@1)    Ab (xx1114@1) Eb (x43121@3)BbEb  
And a church is burn - - - - ing  
                Ab (xx1114@1)BbEb  BbEb  
the flames rise high - er  
          Gm (355333@1)   Fm (133111@1)
like hands that are pray - ing  
    Ab (xx1114@1)        Bb (x1333x@1)Fm (133111@1)Bb (x1333x@1)
a - glow in the sky  
     Eb (x43121@3)     
Like hands that are praying   
    Ab (xx1114@1) GmFm  Eb (x43121@3)
the fi - re is  saying,  
 Ab (xx1114@1)  FmEb       Cm (x3101x@1)    
"You can burn down my churches   
    Ab (xx1114@1)   Bb (x1333x@1)   Ab (xx1114@1)  FmEb  BbEb FmEb  BbEb       
but I - I - I - I shall be free."