Tom: D
D A G
The best years of his life, is what he gave to you.
D A G
Never late a day, he's been faithful and true.
D A G
Putting out the tombstones and digging down the graves.
D A G Em
For over thirty years now and I can't believe you have the nerve to say
G Em
that you're gonna have to cut his pay.
G D
'Cause one of your priests did such an awful thing.
[Chorus]
D A G
Lightning bolt, oh lightning bolt, why don't you strike them down?
D A G
For what they did they deserve to be a black spot in the ground.
D A G
And if there is a god, up there in the clouds,
D A G Em
I can't imagine a better time to show his wrath than now.
G Em
Somehow, these monsters all seem higher than the law.
G D
They won't see any punishment at all.
[Verse 2]
D A G
He didn't give a damn about your god or your church.
D A G
He was just an honest man looking for some honest work.
D A G
And in his little finger, he has more purity,
D A G Em
Than a whole church-load full of your child-molesting priests,
G Em
It seems you're making him pay for the guilty sins.
G D
Thirty years, and that's the thanks he gets.
[Verse 3]
D A G
It's hard to imagine there could be a greater sin,
D A G
Than using your trust for abusing a kid.
D A G
As hard as it may seem, well I think that there is
D A G Em
And you're committing it, by protecting these old evil men.
G Em
And if there really is a judgement day,
G D
You'll have a whole lot to explain.
[Chorus]
D A G
Lightning bolt, oh lightning bolt, why don't you strike them down?
D A G
For what they did they deserve to be a black spot in the ground.
D A G
And if there is a god, up there in the clouds,
D A G Em
I can't imagine a better time to show his wrath than now.
G Em
Somehow, these monsters all seem higher than the law.
G D
They won't see any punishment at all.
