{"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":2256347,"song":"Jesus Wept","artist":"Ralph McTell","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11475079-jesus-wept-chords-by-ralph-mctell/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2256347?type=chord","rating":4.19636,"votes":3,"content":"[Intro]\r\n[ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n[ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\n[ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\n[ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe day that Jesus arrived in Jerusalem[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nadventure almost over, the night he hadn't slept[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nDreams and premonitions made him tired and emotional,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd that's why Jesus wept.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHe wasn't scared of dying, he'd made that commitment[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nFulfilling the old prophecy, his bargain he had kept[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHe was due some satisfaction, but he was deeply troubled,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd that's why Jesus wept.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWas this his true destiny, or could he still make changes,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSomeone else's nightmare into which he'd stepped?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nDamage limitation couldn't save the situation,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd that's why Jesus wept.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nIn his dream he saw the crusade and all wars that would follow,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nDeclared in his name when he thought he'd been direct[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nLove thy neighbour, do not kill, and turn the other cheek,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd that's why Jesus wept.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus 1]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHe saw the inquisition and the burning of the saints,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe conversion of the innocents he swore he would protect[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHe saw them bless the bomb that was dropped on Hiroshima,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd that's why Jesus wept.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 5]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThough Peter would betray him, he made him the rock[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nOn which he would build his church to sort of keep him in his debt[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nA man about to die is allowed some confusion,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd that's why Jesus wept.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 6]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHe thought of his disciples, especially of Judas,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe job that was ordained for him and the reward he'd collect[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHe saw him in the tree with the silver coins around him,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd that's why Jesus wept.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 7]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThen he thought about the good times when he turned the tables over,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nChastised the money lenders and he earned the boy's respect[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHe was proud of Godly anger, but ashamed of manly temper,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd that's why Jesus wept.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 8]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nRumours started flying about water into wine,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSight to the blind and that he'd even raised the dead[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe biggest miracle was that anyone believed it,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd that's why Jesus wept.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus 2]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThen he mused on human nature, how fickle were the public,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSo ready to accept him, so quick now to reject[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nWhere were the five thousand he fed with loaves and fishes?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd that's why Jesus wept.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 9]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nIn his dream he saw a garden with all his friends asleep,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHe walked away the hours until the morning crept[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHe wondered would the nails hurt, would he be man enough?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd that's why Jesus wept.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 10]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWas he supposed to bear it like a man or like a God,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWould tears show a weakness or a strength by their effect?[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWould they be viewed as compassion or failure and self-pity?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd that's why Jesus wept.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 11]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThen he saw his houses burning on both sides of a border,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSaw the guiltless suffer with the guilty and the rest[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd when they called his name and he knew he couldn't help them,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThat's why Jesus wept.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus 3]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThen he saw two armies marching and he heard their crucifixes[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nReduced to superstitious muted jangling round their necks[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd he heard his name intoned as they interred their companion,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd that's why Jesus wept.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 12]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThen he thought about his mother and the stories she had told him,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWho'd filled his dreams with angels, put voices in his head[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThen the scent of pine trees made him think of dear old Joseph,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd that's why Jesus wept.[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThat's why Jesus wept.[/tab]","plain_text":"[Intro]\nG C Em D G\nC D\nG C Em D\nG C G\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 5]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 6]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 7]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 8]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 9]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 10]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 11]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 12]","chords":["G","C","Em","D","Am","A"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"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]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}