Jesus Christ Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[D]Jesus Christ was a man
Who [G]traveled through the land
[D]A hard working man and[A] brave
[D]He said to the rich,
"Give your goods [G]to [D]the poor."
But they laid Jesus [A]Christ in his [D]grave.

[Verse 2]
[D]Jesus [G]was a man, a car[D]penter by hand
His followers true [A]and brave
One [D]dirty little coward called
[G]Judas [D]Iscariot
Has laid Jesus [A]Christ in his [D]grave

[Verse 3]
He [D]went to the preacher,
He went [G]to the sher[D]iff,
Told them all [A]the same;
Sell [D]all of your jewelry
And [G]give it to [D]the Poor,
But they laid Jesus [A]Christ in his [D]grave.

[Verse 4]
When [D]Jesus [G]came to town,
All the [D]working folks around,
Believed what he [A]did say;
[D]The bankers and the preachers
They nailed him [G]on [D]a cross,
[A]And they [D]laid Jesus [A]Christ
in his [D]grave.

[Verse 5]
[D]The poor working people,
They followed [G]him [D]around,
They sung and [A]shouted [D]gay;
Cops and the soldiers,
They [G]nailed him in the [D]air,
And they laid [A]Jesus Christ in his [D]grave.

[Verse 6]
Well [D]the people [G]held their breath
When they [D]heard about his death,
And everybody wondered [A]why;
It [D]was the landlord
And the sol[G]diers that he [D]hired.
That nailed Jesus [A]Christ in the sky.

[Interlude 1]
[D][G]
[D][A][D]
[G][D][A][D]

[Verse 7]
[D]This song was written in [G]New York [D]City
Of rich men, preachers and [A]slaves
But if Je[D]sus was to preach
Like [G]he preached [D]in Galillee,
They would lay Jesus [A]Christ in his
[D]grave.

[Outro 1]
[G][D][A]
[D][G][D][A][D]