Verse 1: 
Em                    A#m 
Catch the rain empty hands 
                               B 
Save the children from their lands 
                               Em 
Wash the darkness from their skin 
                 A#m 
Heroes from the west 
                            B 
We don't know you, we know best 
 
But this is not a test 
 
Chorus: 
B                       F# 
You treat me like I'm blind 
C#         G#             F#            C# 
Setting fires around houses on the hill 
     G#            B 
But light gives heat 
B                 F# 
You segregate my mind 
C#          G#               F#      C# 
Burning crosses from your fears, oh 
     G#           B     C#     Em 
The light gives heat 
 
Verse 2: 
Em                              A#m 
It's not the way to light their way 
                         B  
Poison holes in empty fields 
                   Em 
Oh, how good it feels 
                       A#m 
Lower-class, and understate 
                       B 
Empty promise, empty plate 
 
Chorus: 
B                      F# 
You treat me like I'm blind 
C#         G#             F#           C# 
Setting fires around houses on the hill 
G#             B 
Light gives heat 
       B          F# 
You segregate my mind 
  C#       G#                 F#           C# 
Burning crosses from your fears, your fears 
      G#          B 
But light gives heat, gives heat 
 
Instrumental:  
B - C#- Em - B – C# – B – C# – B – C# – Em   
 
Chorus: 
Em                     F# 
You treat me like I'm blind 
C#         G#            F#            C# 
Setting fires around houses on the hill 
      G#          B 
But light gives heat 
B                F# 
You segregate my mind 
C#         G#                 F#     C# 
Burning crosses from your fears, oh 
     G#           B         
The light gives heat 
 
Bridge: 
      B                   F#        C# 
Will you teach us how to love? 
G#                      F# 
To see the things you see 
C#                    G# 
Walk the road you walked 
B 
Feel the pain that you feel 
   F#              C# 
At your feet I kneel, 
    G#                F# 
I want to see you shine 
    C#               G# 
See your light not mine 
        B          G# 
'Cause light gives heat 
       B          G# 
Your light gives heat 
 
End: 
B/ - Em/