Jesus Christ Chords by Woody Guthrie

[F#m] _ [F#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Jesus Christ was a man [B] that traveled through the land, [F#] hard-working man [C#] and brave.
_ [F#] He said to the rich, give [B] your goods to [F#] the poor, so [C#] they laid Jesus Christ [F#] in his grave. _ _ _ _
_ _ [B] Yes, Jesus was a [F#] man, a carpenter by hand, his followers true [C#] and brave.
_ _ [F#] One dirty [B] coward called Judas [F#] _ Iscariot [C#] was laid for Jesus [G#m] in [F#] his grave. _ _ _ _ _
He went to the preacher, [E] he went to [F#] the sheriff, told them all [C#] the _ same, [F#] sell all of your jewelry
[B] and give it [F#] to the poor, [C#] so they laid Jesus Christ [F#] in his grave.
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[F] _ [E] _ [F#] _ _ _ When Jesus come to town, [B] the working folks [F#] around believed what he [C#] did say.
_ [F#] The bankers and the [E] preachers, they nailed [F#] him on a cross and they laid Jesus Christ in his grave. _ _
Now [B] the working people [F#] followed him around, sang and shouted [C#] gay,
but [F#] the cops and [B] soldiers nailed him [F#] in the air and they laid [C#] Jesus Christ in [F#] his grave.
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ [E] _
[F#] _ _ _ Well, the people held their breath [B] when they heard [F#] about his death.
Everybody _ [C#] wondered why.
[F#m] It was the landlord [C#] and the soldiers [F#] that he hired
to [C#] nail Jesus Christ [F#] in the sky. _ _ _ _
This song was made [B] in New York [F#] City of rich man's and preachers [C#] and slaves. _
[F#] If Jesus was to preach like [B] he preached in [F#] Galilee, they would lay [C#] Jesus Christ in [F#] his grave. _
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[B] Yes, Jesus was a [F#] man and a carpenter by hand, his followers true and [C#] brave. _
[F#] One dirty coward [B] called Judas [F#] _
Iscariot has laid [C#] poor Jesus [F#] in his grave. _ _
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