Jerusalem chords by Matisyahu

Chords with lyrics

• Capo on 1st

E minorEm C majorC G+G D MajorD x2

    E minorEm
In the ancient days, we will return with no delay

 C majorC
Picking up the bounty and the spoils on our way

 G+G
We've been traveling from state to state

     D MajorD
And them don't understand what they say

 E minorEm
3,000 years with no place to be

     C majorC
And they want me to give up my milk and honey

      G+G
Don't you see, it's not about the land or the sea

     D MajorD
Not the country but the dwelling of his majesty

Chorus: x2
 E minorEm
Jerusalem, if I forget you,

 C majorC
 Fire not gonna come from me tongue.

  G+G
Jerusalem, if I forget you,

 D MajorD
Let my right hand forget what it's supposed to do


 E minorEm
Rebuild the temple and the crown of glory

 C majorC
Years gone by, about sixty

     G+G
We were burned in the oven in this century

     D MajorD
And the gas tried to choke, but it couldn't choke me

    E minorEm
I will not lie down, I will not fall asleep

     C majorC
So they come overseas, yes they're trying to be free

 G+G
Erase the demons out of our memory

 D MajorD
Change your name and your identity

  E minorEm
Afraid of the truth and our dark history

 C majorC
Why is everybody always chasing we

 G+G
Cut off the roots of your family tree

 D MajorD
Don't you know that's not the way to be

Chorus

 E minorEm
Caught up in these ways, and the worlds gone craze

 G+G
Don't you know it's just a phase, cause of the Simon says

  B minorBm
If I forget the truth then my words won't penetrate

     F# minorF#m
Babylon burning in the place, can't see through the haze

 E minorEm
Chop down all of them dirty ways,

      G+G
That's the price that you pay for selling lies to the youth

  B minorBm
No way, not ok, oh

  F# minorF#m
No way, not ok, hey


 E minorEm
Aint no one gonna break my stride

 C majorC              G+G
Aint no one gonna pull me down    x2

     D MajorD
Oh no, I got to keep on moving


Chorus x2

  E minorEm      C majorC
Jerusalem If I forget You

  G+G      D MajorD
Jerusalem If I forget You

  E minorEm      C majorC
Jerusalem If I forget You

  G+G      D MajorD
Jerusalem If I forget You


E minorEm C majorC G+G D MajorD

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