Phil Ochs – The Cannons Of Christianity (Guitar)

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[Verse 1]
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Christian cannons have fired at my days

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With the warning beneath the holy blaze

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And bow to our authority

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Say the cannons of Christianity
[Verse 2]
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Oh the children will be sent to schools

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Minds of clay are molded to their rules

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Learn to fear all of eternity

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Warn the cannons of Christianity
[Verse 3]
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Holy hands will count the money raised

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Like a king the Lord is richly praised

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On a cross of diamond majesty

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Say the cannons of Christianity
[Verse 4]
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Missionaries will travel on crusades

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The word is given, the heathen souls are saved

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Conversions to our morality

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Sigh the cannons of Christianity
[Verse 5]
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Come the wars and turn the rules around

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To bend your soul on the battle ground

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And the Lord will march beside me

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Drone the cannons of Christianity
[Verse 6]
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Cathedral walls will glitter with their gold

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And the sermons speak through silver robes

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Building castles amidst the poverty

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Say the cannons of Christianity
[Verse 7]
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Worship now and wash your sins away

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Drop the coins, fall to your knees and pray

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Cleanse the world of all hypocrisy

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Smile the cannons of Christianity
[Outro/Verse 1]
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Christian cannons have fired at my days

         A                  D
With the warning beneath the holy blaze

    Bm             G
And bow to our authority

         C                D
Say the cannons of Christianity