Viva Cristo Rey

Verse 1
G7Juanito Was In MexiCmco In 19G726
When Calles Closed The ChurG7ches And Ruled With Threats And CmFists
In Guadalupe's Chosen CmLand That Outlawed Holy FmMass
They Hounded Priests And Faithful CmMen And Thought The Faith Would Pass Cm​
They CmFasted, Marched And Pleaded
But Calles' Answer CmLed

So Farmers And Working Men
Took Arms To Guard The Church InsG7tead
Some G7Rode With Rusty Rifles
Some Had No Gun At CmAll
They Took Their Arms From G#Federal Troops
WhenevG7er They Would CmFall
El CmCatorce Led With Courage
Gorostieta Made Them FmOne
With Rosaries Beneath Their SCmhirts
They G7Faced The Federal Guns

Chorus
Viva Cristo CmRey Let All The Pueblo FmSay
No President, No CmFiring Squad
Can G7Take Our King ACmway
Raise Guadalupe's CmBanner
Stand Firm And Do Not FmSway
For CmChrist Is Church And G7Mexico
Viva Cristo CmRey

Verse 2
JuaCmnito Spoke Of Miguel Pro

Brought Out Before The Wall
He CmBlessed The Men Who Aimed At Him
And Pardoned One And G7All
He G7Stretched His Arms
Just Like The Cross Looked Straight Into The CmDay
And Faced The Rifles With G7A Cry
Viva Cristo CmRey
Young JCmose Carried Their Flag
A Boy But Brave And CmTrue

They Cut His Feet And Made Him Walk
To Break The Faith He G7Knew

Deny Your Christ And You May Live
He Answered Through The CmPain My Faith Is Not For G7Sale To You
Christ Lives And Christ Shall CmReign

Chorus 2
They A#7Led Him To The Graveyard
His D#Blood Upon The Clay
And CmWith His Final FmBreath He Cried G7​
Viva Cristo CmRey

Verse 3
They CmHad Not Lost Upon The Field
Their Numbers Still Were SCmtrong

Then Bishops Made Their Peace With Calles
And Told Them To Stand G7Down

The Churches Will Be Opened
The Mass Will Be ResCmtored
So Trusting Those Who G#Spoke For Rome
They G7Laid Aside The CmSword
But FA#7reedom Never Followed
Though D#Bells Were Heard Again
They FmHunted Priests And CmCaptains Down
And G7Murdered Faithful CmMen
Viva Cristo CmRey

Chorus
Let All The Pueblo FmSay
No FmPresident, No CmFiring Squad
Can G7Take Our King CmAway
Raise CmGuadalupe's Banner
Stand Firm And Do Not FmSway
For Christ, His Church And CmMexico
Viva Cristo CmRey

Verse 4
Juanito Is CmGone, The Years Have Passed
The Rifles Now Have CmCeased

Yet Faithful Catholics Now Are Named
A Disturbance To The G7Peace
And G7Priests And Princes Of The Church
Still Bow When Rulers SCmay
For CmSafety's Sake Close EG#very Door
WithG7hold The Rights OCmbeyed
They CmTroubled Priests Who Guarded The Mass
The Saints And Fathers CmKnew

While Error Walks Through Open Doors
And Speaks From Pulpits G7Too
The G7Fight Today Is Faithfulness
To Worship, Teach, And SCmtand
Protect The Mass, DeG#fend The Creed
And G7Follow God, Not CmMan
Viva Cristo CmRey

Chorus
Let All The Pueblo FmSay
No FmPresident, No CmFiring Squad
Can G7Take Our King CmAway
Raise CmGuadalupe's Banner
Stand Firm And Do Not FmSway
For Christ, His Church And CmMexico
Viva Cristo CmRey

Outro
Though CCmhurches Close And Shepherds Flee
The G7Faithful Still Shall CmSay
Christ CmWas Our Father's CmKing And Ours
Viva Cristo CmRey
CmJuanito Heard Mexico Shout It
Now We Must G7Shout It CmToo
Viva Cristo CmRey.