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Faith of our fathers, living still
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Faith of our fathers,
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living
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still
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In spite of
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dungeon,
A7
fire and
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sword,
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O how
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our
Em
hearts
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beat
Am
high
D
with
Em
joy
C
Whene'er we
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hear
Em
that
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glorious
G
word!
C
Faith of our
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fathers!
D
holy
G
faith!
G7
We will be
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true
Am
to
D
thee
D7
till
G
death!
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Our fathers, chained in prisons dark,
Our fathers, chained in prisons dark,
Were still in heart and conscience free;
And blest would be their children's fate,
If they, like them should die for thee:
Faith of our fathers! holy faith!
We will be true to thee till death!
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Our fathers, chained in
D7
prisons
G
dark,
C
Were still in
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heart and
A7
conscience
D
free;
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And blest
D
would
Em
be
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their
Am D
children's
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fate,
C
If they, like
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them
Em
should
D
die for
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thee:
C
Faith of our
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fathers!
D
holy
G
faith!
G7
We will be
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true
Am
to
D
thee
D7
till
G
death!
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Faith of our fathers, we will strive
Faith of our fathers, we will strive
To win all nations unto thee;
And through the truth that comes from God
Mankind shall then indeed be free.
Faith of our fathers! holy faith!
We will be true to thee till death!
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Faith of our fathers,
D7
we will
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strive
C
To win all
G
nations
A7
unto
D
thee;
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And through
D
the
Em
truth
G
that
Am
comes
D
from
Em
God
C
Mankind shall
G
then
Em D
indeed be
G
free.
C
Faith of our
G
fathers!
D
holy
G
faith!
G7
We will be
C
true
Am
to
D
thee
D7
till
G
death!
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Faith of our fathers, we will love
Faith of our fathers, we will love
Both friend and foe in all our strife,
And preach thee, too, as love knows how
By kindly words and virtuous life.
Faith of our fathers! holy faith!
We will be true to thee till death!
G
Faith of our fathers,
D7
we will
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love
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Both friend and
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foe in
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all our
D
strife,
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And preach
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thee,
Em
too,
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as
Am
love
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knows
Em
how
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By kindly
G
words
Em
and
D G
virtuous life.
C
Faith of our
G
fathers!
D
holy
G
faith!
G7
We will be
C
true
Am
to
D
thee
D7
till
G
death!
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Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
I love the lyrics, I heard it when I was young but did not understand. It is a very powerful hymn. It is awesome. I can understand to depth what Christians went through thru the ages. No Matter What, Jesus Christ Lives. Christianity will go on!! I am a Catholic and I love it!!!
Charleston, WV, United States
This hymn was written in celebration of the Catholic Emancipation Act, by which it became legal for the first time since the Reformation for Roman Catholics to worship openly in England. The bit about 'our father's chained in prisons dark'--nobody had gone to prison for a while just for being Catholic, but there would have been English Catholics who were old enough to have remembered stories from their childhoods of it having happened to people of the immediately preceding generation.