Viva Cristo Rey

Verse 1
C7Juanito Was In MexiFmco In 19C726
When Calles Closed The ChurC7ches And Ruled With Threats And FmFists
In Guadalupe's Chosen FmLand That Outlawed Holy A#mMass
They Hounded Priests And Faithful FmMen And Thought The Faith Would Pass Fm​
They FmFasted, Marched And Pleaded
But Calles' Answer FmLed

So Farmers And Working Men
Took Arms To Guard The Church InsC7tead
Some C7Rode With Rusty Rifles
Some Had No Gun At FmAll
They Took Their Arms From C#Federal Troops
WhenevC7er They Would FmFall
El FmCatorce Led With Courage
Gorostieta Made Them A#mOne
With Rosaries Beneath Their SFmhirts
They C7Faced The Federal Guns

Chorus
Viva Cristo FmRey Let All The Pueblo A#mSay
No President, No FmFiring Squad
Can C7Take Our King AFmway
Raise Guadalupe's FmBanner
Stand Firm And Do Not A#mSway
For FmChrist Is Church And C7Mexico
Viva Cristo FmRey

Verse 2
JuaFmnito Spoke Of Miguel Pro

Brought Out Before The Wall
He FmBlessed The Men Who Aimed At Him
And Pardoned One And C7All
He C7Stretched His Arms
Just Like The Cross Looked Straight Into The FmDay
And Faced The Rifles With C7A Cry
Viva Cristo FmRey
Young JFmose Carried Their Flag
A Boy But Brave And FmTrue

They Cut His Feet And Made Him Walk
To Break The Faith He C7Knew

Deny Your Christ And You May Live
He Answered Through The FmPain My Faith Is Not For C7Sale To You
Christ Lives And Christ Shall FmReign

Chorus 2
They D#7Led Him To The Graveyard
His G#Blood Upon The Clay
And FmWith His Final A#mBreath He Cried  C7​
Viva Cristo FmRey

Verse 3
They FmHad Not Lost Upon The Field
Their Numbers Still Were SFmtrong

Then Bishops Made Their Peace With Calles
And Told Them To Stand C7Down

The Churches Will Be Opened
The Mass Will Be ResFmtored
So Trusting Those Who C#Spoke For Rome
They C7Laid Aside The FmSword
But FD#7reedom Never Followed
Though G#Bells Were Heard Again
They A#mHunted Priests And CFmaptains Down
And C7Murdered Faithful FmMen
Viva Cristo FmRey

Chorus
Let All The Pueblo A#mSay
No A#mPresident, No FFmiring Squad
Can C7Take Our King FmAway
Raise FmGuadalupe's Banner
Stand Firm And Do Not A#mSway
For Christ, His Church And FmMexico
Viva Cristo FmRey

Verse 4
Juanito Is FmGone, The Years Have Passed
The Rifles Now Have FmCeased

Yet Faithful Catholics Now Are Named
A Disturbance To The C7Peace
And C7Priests And Princes Of The Church
Still Bow When Rulers SFmay
For FmSafety's Sake Close EC#very Door
WithC7hold The Rights OFmbeyed
They FmTroubled Priests Who Guarded The Mass
The Saints And Fathers FmKnew

While Error Walks Through Open Doors
And Speaks From Pulpits C7Too
The C7Fight Today Is Faithfulness
To Worship, Teach, And SFmtand
Protect The Mass, DeC#fend The Creed
And C7Follow God, Not FmMan
Viva Cristo FmRey

Chorus
Let All The Pueblo A#mSay
No A#mPresident, No FFmiring Squad
Can C7Take Our King FmAway
Raise FmGuadalupe's Banner
Stand Firm And Do Not A#mSway
For Christ, His Church And FmMexico
Viva Cristo FmRey

Outro
Though CFmhurches Close And Shepherds Flee
The C7Faithful Still Shall FmSay
Christ FmWas Our Father's FmKing And Ours
Viva Cristo FmRey
FmJuanito Heard Mexico Shout It
Now We Must C7Shout It FmToo
Viva Cristo FmRey.