{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":2394703,"song":"When Detroit Was Burning","artist":"Cathie Ryan","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11494142-when-detroit-was-burning-chords-by-cathie-ryan/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2394703?type=chord","rating":0.03316,"votes":0,"content":"[Intro]\r\n[ch]A[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n\r\nThere was a fire in the sky over Gratiot\r\n[tab]          [ch]D[/ch]                             [ch]A[/ch]\r\nYou could see it all the way from Springwells[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                                 [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nStanding on the front lawn in the blackness[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]E[/ch]\r\nHolding fast to mama's knees[/tab]\r\n\r\nThe whole block on the street\r\n[tab]                 [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWhen Detroit was burning[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n\r\nDad said this had been coming for sometime\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]                                   [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThe black guys on the line had told him so[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]E[/ch]                              [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nThe city of the ghettoes burned on fire[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]E[/ch]\r\nThere was nothing on the news[/tab]\r\n\r\nBut all the neighbours knew\r\n[tab]                 [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWhen Detroit was burning[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]                           [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nWhen Detroit was burning, burning[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]                            [ch]E[/ch]\r\nWhen Detroit was burning, burning down[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]           [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThere were no kids in the park on Saturday[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]                                [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThe Guardsmen set up tents under the swings[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]E[/ch]                               [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nThey drove their jeeps around Vernor Highway[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]E[/ch]\r\nThen they'd go downtown at night[/tab]\r\n\r\nTo shoot everything in sight\r\n[tab]                 [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWhen Detroit was burning[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Bridge]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                        [ch]A[/ch]\r\nI was just a little girl playing with my friends[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]D[/ch]                            [ch]E[/ch]\r\nI didn't know what it meant to live in a black kid's skin[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]                                                [ch]E[/ch]\r\nI'm older now and there's still so much I don't understand[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Instrumental]\r\n[ch]A[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch]  [ch]E[/ch]  [ch]F#m[/ch]  [ch]E[/ch]    [ch]A[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n\r\nThe farmer's market's thriving down on Gratiot\r\n[tab]            [ch]D[/ch]                              [ch]A[/ch]\r\nBut there's fire in the night around Springwells[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                              [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nDetroit wasn't reborn from the ashes[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]E[/ch]\r\nIt's been nearly thirty years[/tab]\r\n\r\nAnd hate's still living here\r\n[tab]                  [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWhere Detroit was burning[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]                           [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nWhen Detroit was burning, burning[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]                            [ch]E[/ch]\r\nWhen Detroit was burning, burning down[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]                  [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nOur hometown burning down[/tab]","plain_text":"[Intro]\nA\n\n[Verse]\n\nThere was a fire in the sky over Gratiot\n\n\n\n\nThe whole block on the street\n\n\n[Verse]\n\nDad said this had been coming for sometime\n\n\n\n\nBut all the neighbours knew\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\nTo shoot everything in sight\n\n\n[Bridge]\n\n\n\n\n[Instrumental]\nA    D  A  E  F#m  E    A\n\n[Verse]\n\nThe farmer's market's thriving down on Gratiot\n\n\n\n\nAnd hate's still living here\n\n\n[Chorus]","chords":["A","D","E","F#m","Bm"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"Bm":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,3,4,2,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,3,2]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]}}}