My Coptic Church chords

[CHORUS]
My[Am] Coptic church the[Em] church of the[Am] Lord
An[Am]cient and strong I [Em]wish her long [Am]life
In [Dm]the early [Am]years af[Em]ter the birth of [Am]Christ,
St [Dm]Mark came bear[Am]ing light [Em]of the true [Am]faith
He [C]dwelt in the [G]land proclaiming salv[Em]ation
In the [Am]name of our Redeemer Christ [Em]who remove our [Am]sins

[VERSE 1]
The [Am]Copts then believed in [Em]the Lord Je[Am]sus
And [Am]joy filled all the ci[Em]ties of Eg[Am]ypt
In a [Dm]very very short [C]time they [Em]abolished all [Am]idols,
The [Dm]cross was exal[C]ted the [Em]sign of the [Am]faith
Sa[C]tan quickly [G]rose to [C]war the sons of [Em]God
He [Am]stirred the rulers emp[Em]erors and ar[Am]mies

[VERSE 2]
He [Am]then declared war on the [Em]sons of the [Am]faith
De[Am]ny your Christ or be [Em]thrown in the fi[Am]re
O[Dm]ur honoured fa[Am]thers el[Em]ders and young[Am]sters.
Were [Dm]not moved by [Am]pain
di[Em]stressed nor dishon[Am]ored
But [C]said courageou[G]sly for[C]ward no turning [Em]back
We [Am]don't fear fire our [Em]Lord is Jesus [Am]Christ

[VERSE 3]
They were [Am]beaten and imprisoned they [Em]lived in oppres[Am]sion
They were [Am]burnt and killed and [Em]tasted every [Am]pain
By the [Dm]power of their [C]faith they [Em]over came their [Am]pain
They [Dm]kept believing [C]in the [Em]King of [Am]Peace
With [C]blood and suffer[G]ing they [C]bought the [Em]faith
And [Am]preserved it for us in the [Em]name of our sav[Am]iour

[VERSE 4]
Let [Am]us all rise from [Em]our lazi[Am]ness
With [Am]diligence seeking the [Em]heavenly re[Am]ward
The [Dm]church of our fa[Am]thers you [Em]are our [Am]pride
To [Dm]her success let us [Em]all join tog[Am]ether
My [C]Coptic [G]church her [C]faith is orth[Em]odox
For [Am]ever strong E[Em]gypt is for [Am]Christ.