Verse 1:
D#m Am
Catch the rain empty hands
Bb
Save the children from their lands
D#m
Wash the darkness from their skin
Am
Heroes from the west
Bb
We don't know you, we know best
But this is not a test
Chorus:
Bb F
You treat me like I'm blind
C G F C
Setting fires around houses on the hill
G Bb
But light gives heat
Bb F
You segregate my mind
C G F C
Burning crosses from your fears, oh
G Bb C D#m
The light gives heat
Verse 2:
D#m Am
It's not the way to light their way
Bb
Poison holes in empty fields
D#m
Oh, how good it feels
Am
Lower-class, and understate
Bb
Empty promise, empty plate
Chorus:
Bb F
You treat me like I'm blind
C G F C
Setting fires around houses on the hill
G Bb
Light gives heat
Bb F
You segregate my mind
C G F C
Burning crosses from your fears, your fears
G Bb
But light gives heat, gives heat
Instrumental: ( Bb C D#m Bb C Bb C Bb C D#m )
Chorus:
D#m F
You treat me like I'm blind
C G F C
Setting fires around houses on the hill
G Bb
But light gives heat
Bb F
You segregate my mind
C G F C
Burning crosses from your fears, oh
G Bb
The light gives heat
Bridge:
Bb F C
Will you teach us how to love?
G F
To see the things you see
C G
Walk the road you walked
Bb
Feel the pain that you feel
F C
At your feet I kneel,
G F
I want to see you shine
C G
See your light not mine
Bb G
'Cause light gives heat
Bb G
Your light gives heat
End: ( Bb D#m )
