Jesus, The Missing Years Chords

_ _ Jesus, _ _ the missing years.
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_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ It was raining, it was cold. _ _
[F] _ West Bethlehem was no place for a 12 year old.
[G] _ So he packed his bag and he headed out, _
to find out what the world's [C] about. _ _ _
He went to France, he went to Spain.
[F]
He found love, he found pain.
[G] _
He found stores, so he started to shop.
He had no money, so he got in trouble [C] with a cop. _ _
_ _ _ Kids in trouble with the cops from Israel didn't have no home.
_ [F] _ So he cut his hair and moved to Rome.
_ [G] _ It was there he met his Irish bride.
_ They rented a flat on the Lower East Side _ [C] of Rome. _ _ _
_ _ [F] Italy, that is. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ Music publishers, _ _ _ _ book binders, _ _ _ Bible belters, _ _ _
swimming pools, _ orgies, and lots of pretty Italian [C] chicks. _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ [G] _ [C] _ Charlie bought some popcorn, _ [F] _ Billy bought a car.
_ _ [G] Someone almost bought the farm, but they didn't go that [C] far. _
_ Things shut down at midnight, _ [F] at least around here they do. _
[G] Cause we all reside down the block inside a _ 23 _ [C] Skidoo. _ _
_ _ _ _ Wine was flowing, so were beers.
_ [F] So Jesus found his missing years.
_ [G] He went to a dance and said, this don't move me.
_ He hiked up his pants and he went to a movie.
[C] _ _ _ _ _ On his 13th birthday he saw Rebel Without a [Em] Cause.
_ [F]
He went straight on home and invented Santa Claus.
[G]
Who gave him a gift, he responded in kind. _
Gave the gift of love and went out of [C] his mind. _
_ _ _ You see, him and the wife wasn't getting along.
_ _ [F] So he took out his guitar and he wrote a song.
[G] _ Called The Dove of Love, fell off the perch.
_ _ But he couldn't get divorced in the Catholic Church.
[C] _ At least not back then anyhow.
_ _ Jesus was a good guy.
_ _ [F] He didn't need this shit.
_ _ _ _ [G] So he took a pill with a Coca-Cola _ and he swallowed it.
[C] _ _ _ He discovered the Beatles. _
_ _ _ [F] He recorded with the Stones.
_ _ [G] _ Once he even opened up a three-way package for _ old George [C] Jones. _
_ _ _ Charlie bought the popcorn. _
_ [F] _ Billy bought a car. _
[G] _ Someone almost bought the farm.
But they didn't go that [C] far. _ _
Things shut down at midnight.
_ [F] At least around here they do.
_ [G] Cause we all reside down the block inside of _ _ 23's.
[C] The _ _ years _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ passed by like sweet little days.
[F] _ _ With babies crying, pork chops and Beaujolais.
_ [G] _ When he woke up he was 17.
_ _ The world was angry.
The [C] world was mean.
_ _ _ _ While the _ man down the [G] street and the kid on [F] the stoop
all agreed to life's stank.
All the world [G] smelled like poop.
_ _ Baby poop that is.
_ _ The worst [C] kind. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ So he grew his hair long and he threw away his comb.
[F] _ Headed back to Jerusalem to find mom and dad and home.
_ _ _ [G] But when he got there the cupboard was bare.
Except for an old black man with a fishing rod.
_ He said, what you gonna be when you grow up?
Jesus said, [C] God. _ _ _
_ _ [F] Oh my God, what have I got myself into?
_ I'm a human corkscrew and all my wine is blood.
_ [G] They're gonna kill me mama. _
_ They don't like me bad.
[C] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ So Jesus went to heaven.
_ _ _ _ [F] He went there awful quick.
_ _ _ [G] _ All them people killed him.
_ _ _ He wasn't even [C] sick.
_ _ _ So come and gather around me.
_ _ _ [F] My contemporary peers.
_ _ [G] And I'll tell you all the story of Jesus.
_ The missing [C] years. _
_ _ _ Charlie bought some popcorn.
_ [F] _ Billy bought a car. _ _
[G] _ _ Someone almost bought the farm.
But they didn't go that [C] far.
_ And things shut down at midnight.
_ [F] At least around here they do.
_ [G] Cause we all reside down the block inside at 23 _ [C] Skidoo.
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[A] [G] We all reside down the block inside at 23 [C] Skidoo.
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