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