Intro
A#
[Verse]
There was a fire in the sky over Gratiot
D# A#
You could see it all the way from Springwells
F Gm
Standing on the front lawn in the blackness
F
Holding fast to mama's knees
The whole block on the street
A#
When Detroit was burning
[Verse]
Dad said this had been coming for sometime
D# A#
The black guys on the line had told him so
F Gm
The city of the ghettoes burned on fire
F
There was nothing on the news
But all the neighbours knew
A#
When Detroit was burning
[Chorus]
D# Gm
When Detroit was burning, burning
D# F
When Detroit was burning, burning down
[Verse]
A#
There were no kids in the park on Saturday
D# A#
The Guardsmen set up tents under the swings
F Gm
They drove their jeeps around Vernor Highway
F
Then they'd go downtown at night
To shoot everything in sight
A#
When Detroit was burning
[Bridge]
D# A#
I was just a little girl playing with my friends
D# F
I didn't know what it meant to live in a black kid's skin
D# F
I'm older now and there's still so much I don't understand
[Instrumental]
A# D# A# F Gm F A#
[Verse]
The farmer's market's thriving down on Gratiot
D# A#
But there's fire in the night around Springwells
F Gm
Detroit wasn't reborn from the ashes
F
It's been nearly thirty years
And hate's still living here
A#
Where Detroit was burning
[Chorus]
D# Gm
When Detroit was burning, burning
D# F
When Detroit was burning, burning down
Cm Gm
Our hometown burning down
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