Intro (repeat 8 times): Em Sumer is icumen in - Arise! Arise! C Sumer is icumen in - Arise! Arise! Verse: Em G Give us our bread and bury our dead Bm And kneel to the cross on the wall Em G Whether burnt at the stake or drunk at the wake Bm Just kneel to the cross on the wall Em G We've original sin, but we might just get in Bm If we beg to the cross on the wall Em G It's love your neighbours and rattle your sabre Bm Just kneel to that cross on the wall. Chorus: A Em See the roof fall A Em Hear the bells crash A Em As flesh and bone A Em Turn to ash A Em Tried to conquer the sun A Em With a Christian frost A Em The corpses' stench A Em Beneath the cross Verse: Em G Give them gold and they'll save your soul Bm And kneel to the cross on the wall Em G And hail to the boss of the great unwashed Bm And kneel to the cross on the wall Em G They wail and weep, the march of the sheep Bm As they go to the cross on the wall Em G And it's ever so wrong to dare to be strong Bm So kneel to the cross on the wall Chorus: A Em See the roof fall A Em Hear the bells crash A Em As flesh and bone A Em Turn to ash A Em Tried to conquer the sun A Em With a Christian frost A Em The corpses' stench A Em Beneath the cross Outro: Em G Bm It's ever so wrong to dare to be strong Em G Bm It's ever so wrong to dare to be strong Em G Bm But Sumer is icumen in - Arise! Arise! x4 Em G Bm Em But Sumer is icumen in - Arise! - Arise!