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F     B  F     B  F     B  F         
     F         B               F          B  F
this church is rotten from the top down.
     F         B               F          B  F
this church is rotten from the top down
    B C                                   F        B F  B F  B F                 
but i,          i am going to clean house tonight.
        Gm        B                                  F   B F  B F  B F
and it's going to go      back into earth it rose from.

      F           B                 F     B  F    
these walls can't keep the world at bay.
          F           B                 F     B  F
no, these walls can't keep the world at bay.
    B             C                       F   B  F   B  F   B  F 
our time, our time is limited and precious.
         Gm               B                           F  B F  B F  B F     B
but this place, this place is limitless and pernicious.

B                           F  B  F
would you all just follow me 
B               F   B  F    B
out into the open?
                     F                    B
leave your coats and handbags, damn it all.
                             C                         
can't you see the floors are smoking?
F              B                 F      B  F
this church is not long for this world.
F              B                F
this church is not long for this world.
              B
and if you're wondering who to blame,
C                                        F          B  F   B  F   B  F                 
i want to praise his name with songs and feasting.
Gm
follow me to the open field
          B                                             F    B F   B F   B F
where the truth will be revealed if you're really listening.

F            B            F                         C
hosannah, hosannah, i am saved by the blood of the lamb.
    F                       B 
one day when i was lost, he died upon that cross,
         F            C            F      B F   B F   B F
and i am saved by the blood of the lamb.