Intro
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[Verse]
There was a fire in the sky over Gratiot
A# F
You could see it all the way from Springwells
C Dm
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
A# F
The black guys on the line had told him so
C Dm
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]
A# Dm
When Detroit was burning, burning
A# C
When Detroit was burning, burning down
[Verse]
F
There were no kids in the park on Saturday
A# F
The Guardsmen set up tents under the swings
C Dm
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]
A# F
I was just a little girl playing with my friends
A# C
I didn't know what it meant to live in a black kid's skin
A# C
I'm older now and there's still so much I don't understand
[Instrumental]
F A# F C Dm C F
[Verse]
The farmer's market's thriving down on Gratiot
A# F
But there's fire in the night around Springwells
C Dm
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]
A# Dm
When Detroit was burning, burning
A# C
When Detroit was burning, burning down
Gm Dm
Our hometown burning down
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