Dan Bern – Jerusalem chords

[Intro]
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D*  G    D*  G    D*  G
C/G      G  C/G

[Verse 1]
       G               D               Em           CWhen I tell you that I love you, don't test my love
  G            C/GAccept my love
      G            C/GDon't test my love
       C             D               G'Cause maybe I don't love you all that much

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[Verse 2]
      G                D               Em           CDon't ask what kind of music I'm gonna play tonight
     G           C/GJust stay awhile
             G            C/GHear for yourself a while
                G            D                   Em      CAnd if you must put me in a box make sure it's a big box
             G       C/GWith lots of windows
              G             C/GAnd a door to walk through
                G          C/GAnd a nice high chimney
          G           D         Em                  CSo we can burn, burn, burn everything that we don't like
              G     C/GAnd watch the ashes
          G      C/GFly up to heaven
                     G     C/GMaybe all the way to India
    G         D  EmI'd like that

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[Verse 3]
G               D          Em         CAll the ancient kings came to my door
                               G             D                      Em        CThey said, "Do you wanna be an ancient king, too?" I said, "Oh yes, very much
               G                C/GBut I think my timing's wrong"
                    G        C/GThey said, "Time is relative
                   G          C/GOr did you misread Einstein?"
                    G         C/GI said, "You really mean it?"
                                G             C/GThey said, "What do ya think we come here for
            G           D         EmOur goddamn health or something?"

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[Verse 4]
G           D               Em      CEverybody's waiting for the Messiah
             G       C/GThe Jews are waiting
               G       C/GChristians are waiting
         G       C/GAlso the Muslims
                      G       C/GIt's like everybody's waiting
                       G         C/GThey've been waiting a long time
             G            C/GI know how I hate to wait
                G                C/GLike even for a bus or something
             G          C/GAn important phone call
               G      C/GSo I can just imagine
             G       C/GHow darned impatient
                G         C/GEverybody must be getting
                G        C/GSo I think it's time now
          G           C/GTime to reveal myself
         G       C/GI am the Messiah
         G       C/G  C/G  C/GI am the Messiah
                 G              C/GYes, I think you heard me right
         G       C/GI am the Messiah
                      G         C/GI was gonna wait till next year
                G              C/GBuild up the suspense a little
                 G            C/GMake it a really big surprise
            G          C/GBut I could not resist
                                   G          C/GIt's like when you've got a really big secret
                        G            C/GYou're just bursting to tell someone
                    G              C/GIt was sort of like that with this
                  G        C/GAnd now that I've told you
                         G       C/GI feel this great weight lifted
                   G     C/GDoctor Nesbaum was right
        G         C/GHe's my therapist
          G                 D  EmHe said, "Get it out in the open

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[Verse 5]
        G         D          Em     CI spent ten whole days in Jerusalem
        G      C/GMmm, Jerusalem
         G      C/GSweet Jerusalem
                  G     C/GAnd all I ate was olives
            G     C/GNothing but olives
             G      C/GMountains of olives
         G             C/GIt was a good ten days
   G          C/GI like olives
       G        C/GI like you, too

[Verse 6]
       G               DWhen I tell you that I love you
      Em           CDon't test my love
  G           C/GAccept my love
      G            C/GDon't test my love
      C             D                 G     D*  C*  GCause maybe I don't love you all that much