Viva Cristo Rey

Verse 1
E7Juanito Was In MexiAmco In 19E726
When Calles Closed The ChurE7ches And Ruled With Threats And AmFists
In Guadalupe's Chosen AmLand That Outlawed Holy DmMass
They Hounded Priests And Faithful AmMen And Thought The Faith Would Pass Am​
They AmFasted, Marched And Pleaded
But Calles' Answer AmLed

So Farmers And Working Men
Took Arms To Guard The Church InsE7tead
Some E7Rode With Rusty Rifles
Some Had No Gun At AmAll
They Took Their Arms From FFederal Troops
WhenevE7er They Would AmFall
El AmCatorce Led With Courage
Gorostieta Made Them DmOne
With Rosaries Beneath Their SAmhirts
They E7Faced The Federal Guns

Chorus
Viva Cristo AmRey Let All The Pueblo DmSay
No President, No AmFiring Squad
Can E7Take Our King AAmway
Raise Guadalupe's AmBanner
Stand Firm And Do Not DmSway
For AmChrist Is Church And E7Mexico
Viva Cristo AmRey

Verse 2
JuaAmnito Spoke Of Miguel Pro

Brought Out Before The Wall
He AmBlessed The Men Who Aimed At Him
And Pardoned One And E7All
He E7Stretched His Arms
Just Like The Cross Looked Straight Into The AmDay
And Faced The Rifles With E7A Cry
Viva Cristo AmRey
Young JAmose Carried Their Flag
A Boy But Brave And AmTrue

They Cut His Feet And Made Him Walk
To Break The Faith He E7Knew

Deny Your Christ And You May Live
He Answered Through The AmPain My Faith Is Not For E7Sale To You
Christ Lives And Christ Shall AmReign

Chorus 2
They G7Led Him To The Graveyard
His CBlood Upon The Clay
And AmWith His Final DmBreath He Cried E7​
Viva Cristo AmRey

Verse 3
They AmHad Not Lost Upon The Field
Their Numbers Still Were SAmtrong

Then Bishops Made Their Peace With Calles
And Told Them To Stand E7Down

The Churches Will Be Opened
The Mass Will Be ResAmtored
So Trusting Those Who FSpoke For Rome
They E7Laid Aside The AmSword
But FG7reedom Never Followed
Though CBells Were Heard Again
They DmHunted Priests And AmCaptains Down
And E7Murdered Faithful AmMen
Viva Cristo AmRey

Chorus
Let All The Pueblo DmSay
No DmPresident, No AmFiring Squad
Can E7Take Our King AmAway
Raise AmGuadalupe's Banner
Stand Firm And Do Not DmSway
For Christ, His Church And AmMexico
Viva Cristo AmRey

Verse 4
Juanito Is AmGone, The Years Have Passed
The Rifles Now Have AmCeased

Yet Faithful Catholics Now Are Named
A Disturbance To The E7Peace
And E7Priests And Princes Of The Church
Still Bow When Rulers SAmay
For AmSafety's Sake Close EFvery Door
WithE7hold The Rights OAmbeyed
They AmTroubled Priests Who Guarded The Mass
The Saints And Fathers AmKnew

While Error Walks Through Open Doors
And Speaks From Pulpits E7Too
The E7Fight Today Is Faithfulness
To Worship, Teach, And SAmtand
Protect The Mass, DeFfend The Creed
And E7Follow God, Not AmMan
Viva Cristo AmRey

Chorus
Let All The Pueblo DmSay
No DmPresident, No AmFiring Squad
Can E7Take Our King AmAway
Raise AmGuadalupe's Banner
Stand Firm And Do Not DmSway
For Christ, His Church And AmMexico
Viva Cristo AmRey

Outro
Though CAmhurches Close And Shepherds Flee
The E7Faithful Still Shall AmSay
Christ AmWas Our Father's AmKing And Ours
Viva Cristo AmRey
AmJuanito Heard Mexico Shout It
Now We Must E7Shout It AmToo
Viva Cristo AmRey.