Viva Cristo Rey

Verse 1
A7Juanito Was In MexiDmco In 19A726
When Calles Closed The ChurA7ches And Ruled With Threats And DmFists
In Guadalupe's Chosen DmLand That Outlawed Holy GmMass
They Hounded Priests And Faithful DmMen And Thought The Faith Would Pass Dm​
They DmFasted, Marched And Pleaded
But Calles' Answer DmLed

So Farmers And Working Men
Took Arms To Guard The Church InsA7tead
Some A7Rode With Rusty Rifles
Some Had No Gun At DmAll
They Took Their Arms From A#Federal Troops
WhenevA7er They Would DmFall
El DmCatorce Led With Courage
Gorostieta Made Them GmOne
With Rosaries Beneath Their SDmhirts
They A7Faced The Federal Guns

Chorus
Viva Cristo DmRey Let All The Pueblo GmSay
No President, No DmFiring Squad
Can A7Take Our King ADmway
Raise Guadalupe's DmBanner
Stand Firm And Do Not GmSway
For DmChrist Is Church And A7Mexico
Viva Cristo DmRey

Verse 2
JuaDmnito Spoke Of Miguel Pro

Brought Out Before The Wall
He DmBlessed The Men Who Aimed At Him
And Pardoned One And A7All
He A7Stretched His Arms
Just Like The Cross Looked Straight Into The DmDay
And Faced The Rifles With A7A Cry
Viva Cristo DmRey
Young JDmose Carried Their Flag
A Boy But Brave And DmTrue

They Cut His Feet And Made Him Walk
To Break The Faith He A7Knew

Deny Your Christ And You May Live
He Answered Through The DmPain My Faith Is Not For A7Sale To You
Christ Lives And Christ Shall DmReign

Chorus 2
They C7Led Him To The Graveyard
His FBlood Upon The Clay
And DmWith His Final GmBreath He Cried A7​
Viva Cristo DmRey

Verse 3
They DmHad Not Lost Upon The Field
Their Numbers Still Were SDmtrong

Then Bishops Made Their Peace With Calles
And Told Them To Stand A7Down

The Churches Will Be Opened
The Mass Will Be ResDmtored
So Trusting Those Who A#Spoke For Rome
They A7Laid Aside The DmSword
But FC7reedom Never Followed
Though FBells Were Heard Again
They GmHunted Priests And DmCaptains Down
And A7Murdered Faithful DmMen
Viva Cristo DmRey

Chorus
Let All The Pueblo GmSay
No GmPresident, No DmFiring Squad
Can A7Take Our King DmAway
Raise DmGuadalupe's Banner
Stand Firm And Do Not GmSway
For Christ, His Church And DmMexico
Viva Cristo DmRey

Verse 4
Juanito Is DmGone, The Years Have Passed
The Rifles Now Have DmCeased

Yet Faithful Catholics Now Are Named
A Disturbance To The A7Peace
And A7Priests And Princes Of The Church
Still Bow When Rulers SDmay
For DmSafety's Sake Close EA#very Door
WithA7hold The Rights ODmbeyed
They DmTroubled Priests Who Guarded The Mass
The Saints And Fathers DmKnew

While Error Walks Through Open Doors
And Speaks From Pulpits A7Too
The A7Fight Today Is Faithfulness
To Worship, Teach, And SDmtand
Protect The Mass, DeA#fend The Creed
And A7Follow God, Not DmMan
Viva Cristo DmRey

Chorus
Let All The Pueblo GmSay
No GmPresident, No DmFiring Squad
Can A7Take Our King DmAway
Raise DmGuadalupe's Banner
Stand Firm And Do Not GmSway
For Christ, His Church And DmMexico
Viva Cristo DmRey

Outro
Though CDmhurches Close And Shepherds Flee
The A7Faithful Still Shall DmSay
Christ DmWas Our Father's DmKing And Ours
Viva Cristo DmRey
DmJuanito Heard Mexico Shout It
Now We Must A7Shout It DmToo
Viva Cristo DmRey.