Jerico Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[Em]
[D][Em]

[Verse 1]
[Em]There's a neighbourhood
on the edge of Fresno
Down by the old state road and
the Sudan Farm
[A]The people there live in tents and
card[D]board [A]lean- [D]tos[A][G]
The babies ain't [Em]got no shoes,

[Interlude 1]
that's not funny
[Em][C][Bm][Am][G][Bm]
[Em][C][Bm][Am]
[Em]

[Verse 2]
[Em]Jerico, Jerico, Jerico, Jerico
When I was a boy growin' up in Fresno
The place that I called home
was Jerico
[A]My mama cooked with kerosene when
[D]she set [A]the table[D][A][G]
[Em]The babies drank bathed- in water,

[Interlude 2]
sometimes Kool- Aid
[C][Bm][Am][G][Bm][Em]
[C][Bm][Am]

[Verse 3]
[Em]Jerico, Jerico, Jerico, Jerico
Kids would bust your lip if
you wouldn't fight
Runnin' with my friends,
beggin' and stealin'
We'd [A]hang out by the honky-
tonk and [D]roll [A]a w[Am]ino
[G]The [Em]people in the church next door singin', "Thank you,

[Interlude 3]
Jesus"
[Em][C][Bm][Am][G][Bm]
[Em][C][Bm][Am]
[Em]

[Verse 4]
[Em]Jerico, Jerico, Jerico, Jerico
Wee Willie Young taught
me to play the guitar
We used to play the blues 'til
his life went bad
[A]I started playin' [D]in [A]bars
when [D]I w[A]as 1[D]5[A][G]
My [Em]younger brother, Pat,
was right there [D]with [Em]me

[Verse 5]
[C]Jer[Bm]ico, Jerico, Jerico, Jerico[Am]
You think [G]you're [Bm]kinda[Em] rock[C][Bm]
[Am]y[Em]
if you're Jerico (Jerico)
They are livin' in a hole down
in Jerico (Jerico)
Killin' in the valley down
in Jerico (Jerico)
All the pigs they're stickin'
down in Jerico (Jerico)
And all the rootin',
pickin' down in Jerico (Jerico)
And your mama and your papa down
in Jerico (Jerico)
And you're here understandin'
Jerico (Jerico)

[Verse 6]
[Em]Hippin' and stickin' down in Jerico
(Jerico)
An' cookin' and a- kickin' down
in Jerico (Jerico)
Cookin' in a chippy down
in Jerico (Jerico)
When it was polk and wheat
down in Jerico (Jerico)
And all the folk visit the Pen down
in Jerico (Jerico)
It was funky as a doggie
down in Jerico (Jerico)