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     G         C               G          C  G
this church is rotten from the top down.
     G         C               G          C  G
this church is rotten from the top down
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but i,          i am going to clean house tonight.
        C       D                                  G   C G  C G  C G
and it's going to go      back into earth it rose from.

      G           C                 G     C  G    
these walls can't keep the world at bay.
          G           C                 G     C  G
no, these walls can't keep the world at bay.
    C             D                       G   C  G   C  G   C  G 
our time, our time is limited and precious.
         Gm               C                           G  C G  C G  C G     C
but this place, this place is limitless and pernicious.

C                           G  C  G
would you all just follow me 
C               G   C  G    C
out into the open?
                     G                    C
leave your coats and handbags, damn it all.
                             D                         
can't you see the floors are smoking?
G              C                 G      C  G
this church is not long for this world.
G              C                G
this church is not long for this world.
              C
and if you're wondering who to blame,
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i want to praise his name with songs and feasting.
       C
follow me to the open field
          D                                             G    C G   C G   C G
where the truth will be revealed if you're really listening.

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hosannah, hosannah, i am saved by the blood of the lamb.
    G                       C 
one day when i was lost, he died upon that cross,
         G            D            G      C G   C G   C G
and i am saved by the blood of the lamb.