Viva Cristo Rey

Verse 1
D7Juanito Was In MexiGmco In 19D726
When Calles Closed The ChurD7ches And Ruled With Threats And GmFists
In Guadalupe's Chosen GmLand That Outlawed Holy CmMass
They Hounded Priests And Faithful GmMen And Thought The Faith Would Pass Gm​
They GmFasted, Marched And Pleaded
But Calles' Answer GmLed

So Farmers And Working Men
Took Arms To Guard The Church InsD7tead
Some D7Rode With Rusty Rifles
Some Had No Gun At GmAll
They Took Their Arms From D#Federal Troops
WhenevD7er They Would GmFall
El GmCatorce Led With Courage
Gorostieta Made Them CmOne
With Rosaries Beneath Their SGmhirts
They D7Faced The Federal Guns

Chorus
Viva Cristo GmRey Let All The Pueblo CmSay
No President, No GmFiring Squad
Can D7Take Our King AGmway
Raise Guadalupe's GmBanner
Stand Firm And Do Not CmSway
For GmChrist Is Church And D7Mexico
Viva Cristo GmRey

Verse 2
JuaGmnito Spoke Of Miguel Pro

Brought Out Before The Wall
He GmBlessed The Men Who Aimed At Him
And Pardoned One And D7All
He D7Stretched His Arms
Just Like The Cross Looked Straight Into The GmDay
And Faced The Rifles With D7A Cry
Viva Cristo GmRey
Young JGmose Carried Their Flag
A Boy But Brave And GmTrue

They Cut His Feet And Made Him Walk
To Break The Faith He D7Knew

Deny Your Christ And You May Live
He Answered Through The GmPain My Faith Is Not For D7Sale To You
Christ Lives And Christ Shall GmReign

Chorus 2
They F7Led Him To The Graveyard
His A#Blood Upon The Clay
And GmWith His Final CmBreath He Cried D7​
Viva Cristo GmRey

Verse 3
They GmHad Not Lost Upon The Field
Their Numbers Still Were SGmtrong

Then Bishops Made Their Peace With Calles
And Told Them To Stand D7Down

The Churches Will Be Opened
The Mass Will Be ResGmtored
So Trusting Those Who D#Spoke For Rome
They D7Laid Aside The GmSword
But FF7reedom Never Followed
Though A#Bells Were Heard Again
They CmHunted Priests And GmCaptains Down
And D7Murdered Faithful GmMen
Viva Cristo GmRey

Chorus
Let All The Pueblo CmSay
No CmPresident, No GmFiring Squad
Can D7Take Our King GmAway
Raise GmGuadalupe's Banner
Stand Firm And Do Not CmSway
For Christ, His Church And GmMexico
Viva Cristo GmRey

Verse 4
Juanito Is GmGone, The Years Have Passed
The Rifles Now Have GmCeased

Yet Faithful Catholics Now Are Named
A Disturbance To The D7Peace
And D7Priests And Princes Of The Church
Still Bow When Rulers SGmay
For GmSafety's Sake Close ED#very Door
WithD7hold The Rights OGmbeyed
They GmTroubled Priests Who Guarded The Mass
The Saints And Fathers GmKnew

While Error Walks Through Open Doors
And Speaks From Pulpits D7Too
The D7Fight Today Is Faithfulness
To Worship, Teach, And SGmtand
Protect The Mass, DeD#fend The Creed
And D7Follow God, Not GmMan
Viva Cristo GmRey

Chorus
Let All The Pueblo CmSay
No CmPresident, No GmFiring Squad
Can D7Take Our King GmAway
Raise GmGuadalupe's Banner
Stand Firm And Do Not CmSway
For Christ, His Church And GmMexico
Viva Cristo GmRey

Outro
Though CGmhurches Close And Shepherds Flee
The D7Faithful Still Shall GmSay
Christ GmWas Our Father's GmKing And Ours
Viva Cristo GmRey
GmJuanito Heard Mexico Shout It
Now We Must D7Shout It GmToo
Viva Cristo GmRey.