{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1502670,"song":"The Man Who Called Himself Jesus","artist":"Strawbs","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11276439-the-man-who-called-himself-jesus-chords-by-strawbs/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1502670?type=chord","rating":4.95537,"votes":4,"content":"Strawbs - The Man Who Called Himself Jesus\r\n\r\n\r\nCAPO: 2nd Fret\r\n\r\n\r\nINTRO: [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] \r\n\r\n[tab]                                    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHe came into the shop and looked me straight between the eyes[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]                                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd said, \"You know I'm Jesus\", and I must have looked surprised[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]D[/ch]                             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBecause he said, \"Please don't be hasty, no-one understands[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]                                            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBut I've got a way to prove it\", and he lifted up his hands[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHe was the man who called himself Jesus[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]                                      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nFor a minute I was speechless, then I looked into his face[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]                                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWith sufficient lines of sadness for the total human race[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]D[/ch]                                  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd I said, \"You must be joking\", but he slowly shook his head[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                                                  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd said \"That's what they all say, I might as well be dead.\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHe was the man who called himself Jesus[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]                                    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHe asked me if I knew a place where he could start to preach[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]D[/ch]                           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd I said \"Well try a church, or maybe Brighton Beach\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]D[/ch]                            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd I was trying to be serious, but he didn't seem impressed[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]                                                    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHe said, \"You think I'm crazy, you're just like all the rest.\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHe was the man who called himself Jesus[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]                                       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI was really quite embarrassed, he was looking so sincere[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]                                       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSo I said, \"I close the shop soon, won't you come and have a beer?\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]                              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThen he asked me if I meant it, and he gave a funny smile[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                                               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd said he'd rather like that, and he hung around awhile[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHe was the man who called himself Jesus[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]                             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nOn the way he stopped to pat little children's heads[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]                                              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd taught them one line prayers to say, when they went off to their beds[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]                                    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBut mostly they were frightened and they looked at him wide-eyed[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]G[/ch]                                      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd when he said his name was Jesus, one girl even cried[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHe was the man who called himself Jesus[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]                                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIn the pub I asked him, if he'd tried to see the Pope[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]                                              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd he said although he'd thought about it, there was really not a hope[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]                                  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThen he said he thought he'd better go, he had some work to do[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]                                            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHe said he'd come and see me in about a week or two[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHe was the man who called himself Jesus[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]                          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWell after he had gone, I thought of what he'd said[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]                                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd all his funny actions, they kept running through my head[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]                                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd when I felt my mind was drowning in a sea of mud[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]                                                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIt seemed his pint of beer had turned into a pint of blood[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHe was the man who called himself Jesus[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHe was the man who called himself Jesus[/tab]","plain_text":"Strawbs - The Man Who Called Himself Jesus\n\n\nCAPO: 2nd Fret\n\n\nINTRO: D C D C D C G  C D","chords":["D","C","G"],"chord_diagrams":{"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}