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