Verse 1:
C G
Brick by brick with stilts and sticks
Am C
you build your empire walls
Am G
Trick by trick you punch and kick
Am C
untl the other falls
C G
You primp and press expensive dress
Am C
as if God Himself would be impressed
Am G C
that you look your very best
Chorus:
C/G G Am C
So raise up your kingdoms and thrones
Am G C
turn the broken and the weak away
C/G G Am C
God is not in a temple of stone
Am G C
He is the outcast of these walls you've made
Verse 2:
C G
Lip to lip you lie and quip
Am C
to bring your brother down
Am G
you tear and strip and crack your whip
Am C
to twist a thorny crown
C G
Too proud to share or ever carry
Am C
burdens you refuse to bear
Am G C
While you stand afar and stare
Chorus:
C/G G Am C
So raise up your kingdoms and walls
Am G C
turn the broken and the weak away
C/G G Am C
God is not in a temple of stone
Am G C
He is the outcast of these walls you've made
Bridge:
Am C
So you will be like Jericho
G C
I will sing with a mighty roar
Am G C
'Till the walls come down
Final Chorus:
C/G G Am C
There is a kingdom that loves
Am G C
Where the weak are never turned away
C/G G Am C
God is not in a temple of stone
Am G C
He is with the people who cry out His name!