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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
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a - glow in the sky
Eb
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, 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
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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
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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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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
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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 - I - I - I shall be free."
