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Jerusalem

Dan Bern
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Chords in this song

Strum
D-DU-UDU
 :200233 (use your thumb for the 2 on the thick E string)
 when you do the slide... keep the fingers on the strings
 and slide the whole hand to different frets.. you will notice
 that the chord patter is still the same...)
.... .. ............  slide @ slideback ..
 G.. C slide @ slideback C.. G... +1 more time.... Gf....
 When I tell you that I love you
 Don't test  my love
Accept  my love don't test  my love
   @  (always use the slide on  @ )
 Cause maybe I don't love you all that much
 ***These should be all the chords that you need... play around... you should
 be able to figure out the rest...most of the song is just going back and forth
 from C to G... check out the audio wav file that I'm gonna
 upload in the audio files section of the website... for help...****
 Don't ask what kind of music I'm gonna play tonight
 Just stay awhile
 Hear for yourself awhile
 And if you must put me in a box
 Make sure it's a big box
 With lots of windows
 And a door to walk through
 And a nice high chimney
 So we can burn burn burn
 Everything that we don't like
 And watch the ashes
 Fly up to Heaven
 Maybe all the way to India
 I'd like that
 All the ancient kings came to my door
 They said, "Do you want to be an ancient king too?"
 I said, "Oh yes, very much
 But I think my timing's wrong"
 They said, "Time is relative
 Or did you misread Einstien?"
 I said, "Do you really mean it?"
 They said, "What do you think we come here for
 Our goddamn health or something?"
 Everybody's waiting for the messiah
 The Jews are waiting
 The Christians are waiting
 Also the Muslims
 It's like everybody's waiting
 They've been waiting a long time
 I know how I hate to wait
 Like even for a bus or something
 An important phone call
 So I can imagine
 How darned impatient
 Everybody must be getting
 So I think it's time now
 Time to reveal myself
 I am the Messiah
 I am the Messiah
 I am the Messiah
 Yes, I think you heard me right
 I am the Messiah
 I was gonna wait till next year
 Build up the suspense a little
 Make it a really big surprise
 But I could not resist
 It's like when you got a really big secret
 You're just bursting to tell someone
 It was kinda like that with this
 And now that I've told you
 I feel this great weight lifted
 Dr. Nusbaum was right
 He's my therapist
 He said get it out in the open
 I spent ten whole days in Jerusalem
 Mmmm Jerusalem
 Sweet Jerusalem
 And all I ate was olives
 Nothing but olives
 Mountains of olives
 It was a good ten days
 I like olives
 I like you too
 So when I tell you that I love you
 Don't test my love
 Accept my love
 Don't test my love
 'Cause maybe I don't love you all that much

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Readable chord sheet for Jerusalem by Dan Bern

[G/f#] :200233  (use your thumb for the 2 on the thick E string)

when you do the slide... keep the fingers on the strings
and slide the whole hand to different frets.. you will notice
that the chord patter is still the same...)

[G].... [C].. [G].....[C]...[G].... [C] slide @ slideback [C]..
G.. C slide @ slideback C.. G... +1 more time....  Gf....

[G]                       [G/f#]
When I tell you that I love you
Don't [Em/G]test my love [C]
[G]Accept my love [C]don't [G]test my love
      [C]             [D]                 [G]    [C] @ [C] [G] (always use the slide on [C] @ [C])
Cause maybe I don't love you all that much

***These should be all the chords that you need... play around... you should
be able to figure out the rest...most of the song is just going back and forth
from C to G... check out the audio wav file that I'm gonna
upload in the audio files section of the website... for help...****

Don't ask what kind of music I'm gonna play tonight
Just stay awhile
Hear for yourself awhile
And if you must put me in a box
Make sure it's a big box
With lots of windows
And a door to walk through
And a nice high chimney
So we can burn burn burn
Everything that we don't like
And watch the ashes
Fly up to Heaven
Maybe all the way to India
I'd like that

All the ancient kings came to my door
They said, "Do you want to be an ancient king too?"
I said, "Oh yes, very much
But I think my timing's wrong"
They said, "Time is relative
Or did you misread Einstien?"
I said, "Do you really mean it?"
They said, "What do you think we come here for
Our goddamn health or something?"

Everybody's waiting for the messiah
The Jews are waiting
The Christians are waiting
Also the Muslims
It's like everybody's waiting
They've been waiting a long time
I know how I hate to wait
Like even for a bus or something
An important phone call
So I can imagine
How darned impatient
Everybody must be getting

So I think it's time now
Time to reveal myself
I am the Messiah
I am the Messiah
I am the Messiah

Yes, I think you heard me right
I am the Messiah
I was gonna wait till next year
Build up the suspense a little
Make it a really big surprise
But I could not resist
It's like when you got a really big secret
You're just bursting to tell someone
It was kinda like that with this
And now that I've told you
I feel this great weight lifted
Dr. Nusbaum was right
He's my therapist
He said get it out in the open

I spent ten whole days in Jerusalem
Mmmm Jerusalem
Sweet Jerusalem
And all I ate was olives
Nothing but olives
Mountains of olives
It was a good ten days
I like olives
I like you too

So when I tell you that I love you
Don't test my love
Accept my love
Don't test my love
'Cause maybe I don't love you all that much

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