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Jerusalem by Dan Bern

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Intro:
Chord diagramG+G    Chord diagramC/GC/G Chord diagramG+G Chord diagramC/GC/G Chord diagramG+G
D* Chord diagramG+G  D* Chord diagramG+G  D* Chord diagramG+G
Chord diagramC/GC/G   Chord diagramG+G Chord diagramC/GC/G

Verse 1:

    Chord diagramG+G        Chord diagramD MajorD        Chord diagramE minorEm      Chord diagramC majorC
When I tell you that I love you, don't test my love

 Chord diagramG+G      Chord diagramC/GC/G
Accept my love

   Chord diagramG+G      Chord diagramC/GC/G
Don't test my love

    Chord diagramC majorC       Chord diagramD MajorD        Chord diagramG+G
'Cause maybe I don't love you all that much

Interlude:
D* Chord diagramG+G  D*

Verse 2:

   Chord diagramG+G        Chord diagramD MajorD        Chord diagramE minorEm      Chord diagramC majorC
Don't ask what kind of music I'm gonna play tonight

   Chord diagramG+G      Chord diagramC/GC/G
Just stay awhile

       Chord diagramG+G      Chord diagramC/GC/G
Hear for yourself a while

        Chord diagramG+G      Chord diagramD MajorD          Chord diagramE minorEm   Chord diagramC majorC
And if you must put me in a box make sure it's a big box

       Chord diagramG+G    Chord diagramC/GC/G
With lots of windows

       Chord diagramG+G       Chord diagramC/GC/G
And a door to walk through

        Chord diagramG+G     Chord diagramC/GC/G
And a nice high chimney

     Chord diagramG+G      Chord diagramD MajorD     Chord diagramE minorEm         Chord diagramC majorC
So we can burn, burn, burn everything that we don't like

       Chord diagramG+G   Chord diagramC/GC/G
And watch the ashes

     Chord diagramG+G   Chord diagramC/GC/G
Fly up to heaven

           Chord diagramG+G   Chord diagramC/GC/G
Maybe all the way to India

  Chord diagramG+G     Chord diagramD MajorD Chord diagramE minorEm
I'd like that

Interlude:
|D* |Chord diagramG+G |D* |

Verse 3:

Chord diagramG+G        Chord diagramD MajorD     Chord diagramE minorEm     Chord diagramC majorC
All the ancient kings came to my door

                Chord diagramG+G       Chord diagramD MajorD           Chord diagramE minorEm    Chord diagramC majorC
They said, "Do you wanna be an ancient king, too?" I said, "Oh yes, very much

        Chord diagramG+G        Chord diagramC/GC/G
But I think my timing's wrong"

          Chord diagramG+G    Chord diagramC/GC/G
They said, "Time is relative

          Chord diagramG+G     Chord diagramC/GC/G
Or did you misread Einstein?"

          Chord diagramG+G     Chord diagramC/GC/G
I said, "You really mean it?"

                Chord diagramG+G       Chord diagramC/GC/G
They said, "What do ya think we come here for

      Chord diagramG+G      Chord diagramD MajorD     Chord diagramE minorEm
Our goddamn health or something?"

Interlude:
|D* |Chord diagramG+G |D* |

Verse 4:

Chord diagramG+G      Chord diagramD MajorD        Chord diagramE minorEm   Chord diagramC majorC
Everybody's waiting for the Messiah

       Chord diagramG+G    Chord diagramC/GC/G
The Jews are waiting

        Chord diagramG+G    Chord diagramC/GC/G
Christians are waiting

     Chord diagramG+G    Chord diagramC/GC/G
Also the Muslims

           Chord diagramG+G    Chord diagramC/GC/G
It's like everybody's waiting

            Chord diagramG+G     Chord diagramC/GC/G
They've been waiting a long time

       Chord diagramG+G      Chord diagramC/GC/G
I know how I hate to wait

        Chord diagramG+G        Chord diagramC/GC/G
Like even for a bus or something

       Chord diagramG+G     Chord diagramC/GC/G
An important phone call

        Chord diagramG+G   Chord diagramC/GC/G
So I can just imagine

       Chord diagramG+G    Chord diagramC/GC/G
How darned impatient

        Chord diagramG+G     Chord diagramC/GC/G
Everybody must be getting

        Chord diagramG+G    Chord diagramC/GC/G
So I think it's time now

     Chord diagramG+G      Chord diagramC/GC/G
Time to reveal myself

     Chord diagramG+G    Chord diagramC/GC/G
I am the Messiah

     Chord diagramG+G    Chord diagramC/GC/G Chord diagramC/GC/G Chord diagramC/GC/G
I am the Messiah

         Chord diagramG+G       Chord diagramC/GC/G
Yes, I think you heard me right

     Chord diagramG+G    Chord diagramC/GC/G
I am the Messiah

           Chord diagramG+G     Chord diagramC/GC/G
I was gonna wait till next year

        Chord diagramG+G       Chord diagramC/GC/G
Build up the suspense a little

         Chord diagramG+G      Chord diagramC/GC/G
Make it a really big surprise

      Chord diagramG+G     Chord diagramC/GC/G
But I could not resist

                  Chord diagramG+G     Chord diagramC/GC/G
It's like when you've got a really big secret

            Chord diagramG+G      Chord diagramC/GC/G
You're just bursting to tell someone

          Chord diagramG+G       Chord diagramC/GC/G
It was sort of like that with this

         Chord diagramG+G    Chord diagramC/GC/G
And now that I've told you

             Chord diagramG+G    Chord diagramC/GC/G
I feel this great weight lifted

          Chord diagramG+G   Chord diagramC/GC/G
Doctor Nesbaum was right

    Chord diagramG+G     Chord diagramC/GC/G
He's my therapist

     Chord diagramG+G         Chord diagramD MajorD Chord diagramE minorEm
He said, "Get it out in the open

Interlude:
|D* |Chord diagramG+G |D* |

Verse 5:

    Chord diagramG+G     Chord diagramD MajorD     Chord diagramE minorEm   Chord diagramC majorC
I spent ten whole days in Jerusalem

    Chord diagramG+G   Chord diagramC/GC/G
Mmm, Jerusalem

     Chord diagramG+G   Chord diagramC/GC/G
Sweet Jerusalem

         Chord diagramG+G   Chord diagramC/GC/G
And all I ate was olives

      Chord diagramG+G   Chord diagramC/GC/G
Nothing but olives

       Chord diagramG+G   Chord diagramC/GC/G
Mountains of olives

     Chord diagramG+G       Chord diagramC/GC/G
It was a good ten days

  Chord diagramG+G     Chord diagramC/GC/G
I like olives

    Chord diagramG+G    Chord diagramC/GC/G
I like you, too

Verse 6:

    Chord diagramG+G        Chord diagramD MajorD
When I tell you that I love you

   Chord diagramE minorEm      Chord diagramC majorC
Don't test my love

 Chord diagramG+G      Chord diagramC/GC/G
Accept my love

   Chord diagramG+G      Chord diagramC/GC/G
Don't test my love

   Chord diagramC majorC       Chord diagramD MajorD         Chord diagramG+G   D* C* Chord diagramG+G
Cause maybe I don't love you all that much

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