I Was Jesus chords by Hello Saferide

Chords with lyrics

Hello Saferide - I Was Jesus (2014)
Chords 9/2-2015 by Jon Malmin ([email protected])
Tuning: Standard E MajorE

It was difficult to put the chords over the lyrics in a truly satisfying way, since some of the lines
are so long and rapidly sung. I chose to put the lines together in a way that best conveys the song's
message, in my opinion. Listen to the song if you're unsure how it goes!

[Intro]
D MajorD  D MajorD  D MajorD  D MajorD
D E minorEm B minorBm G+G D MajorD  D MajorD
D E minorEm B minorBm G+G D MajorD  D MajorD

[Verse 1]
      D MajorD        E minorEm      B minorBm         G+G        D MajorD
It was the second day of spring and sunbeams made love to windows in all the houses
      D MajorD       E minorEm          B minorBm           G+G     D MajorD
And I was Jesus and I decided to come down to earth in the shape of a woman this time
      D MajorD         E minorEm              G+G              D MajorD
And I was Jesus, and I went into the sea, and I took two fishes, and I turned them to millions
A augmentedA         D MajorD              E minorEm                   G+G
...And I took five loaves of bread, and fed a country with them, and I said: "Do you believe me now?"
        D MajorD             A augmentedA
"Sorry", they said, "We focused on your wet white clothes as you bent over to pick up the fishes!"
      D MajorD       E minorEm       B minorBm     G+G      D MajorD
And I was bitter for a while, but then decided to go at it again

[Interlude]
D MajorD   E minorEm  B minorBm  G+G   D MajorD
Aaah, aaah, aaah, aaah, aaah

[Verse 2]
      D MajorD         E minorEm               G+G
And I was Ghandi and I went back to earth in the shape of a woman this time
D MajorD A augmentedA        D MajorD          E minorEm                  G+G      D MajorD
.....And the river Ganges it cleared my vision and I, well, I guess I was a woman again
D MajorD A augmentedA     G+G                       B minorBm
.....And I started my quiet, friendly revolution and they said: "Oh, a quiet friendly woman, super rare"
    G+G                          B minorBm
And I tried to convince them "it's not a personality, it's choice and a belief"
            G+G
And "would you give me credit for it and please follow me"
       B minorBm                      G+G
And they said: "Speak louder, we can't hear you when we're screaming
                 A augmentedA
you look nice now that you don't eat"

[Verse 3]
     D MajorD               E minorEm               G+G
And I was Martin Luther King and I came back to earth in the shape of a woman this time
        D MajorD             A augmentedA
And I was both black and a woman so I had two fights to fight so I was burned out and well, that was it

[Verse 4]
     D MajorD        E minorEm                     G+G          D MajorD
And I was Jesus and I went up to heaven Easter Sunday and I said: "I'm never going back to earth"
A augmentedA   D MajorD         E minorEm     B minorBm         G+G        D MajorD
...And Mother said: "oh Jesus up 'til now, you've been paying for Adam's sins
D MajorD     E minorEm    B minorBm
Soon is when the fun begins"
   D MajorD     E minorEm    B minorBm       G+G      D MajorD
And then, she gave me a date for when this would occur

[Outro]
D MajorD   E minorEm  B minorBm  G+G   D MajorD
Aaah, aaah, aaah, aaah, aaah
D MajorD   E minorEm  B minorBm  G+G   D MajorD
Aaah, aaah, aaah, aaah, aaah