[Intro]

You're standing a long time on the shore 
You try to chase away your thoughts 
You want to feel the land you're looking for 
You want to move, but you lost the gall 
You want to pray, but you forgot the words 
You lost the land you're looking for 
But the first steps are in your heart 
Some answers come from tears and from the  
And all the signs are in the heart 
Sometimes you must close your eyes 
To see 
Who you are
 
 ( Em )

Em
My church is black, my Christ is cold
                             C                  Em
My cross is pale all hope is gone, my church is black
Em
My church is black my Christ is cold
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My cross is pale hell is my home, hell is my home   Uuuu  U
             Em
My church is black
 
Em
My church is black, my blood runs cold
                              C               Em
The sun don't shine for me no more, for me no more
Em
Black is the moon cold is the sun
                           C                Em    D    C
Sing hallelujah no kingdom come, no kingdom come  Uuuu U
             Em     D    C
My church is black  Uuuu U
             Em    
My church is black
   
  ( Em  )

D    C
Uuuu U
             Em     D    C
My church is black  Uuuu U
             Em     D    C
My church is black  Uuuu U
             Em    
My church is black