{"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":2717256,"song":"Jerusalem","artist":"Dan Bern","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11528514-jerusalem-chords-by-dan-bern/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2717256?type=chord","rating":4.93953,"votes":65,"content":"To play with the record tune *almost* a half step down (about +20 cents sharp of Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb)\r\nThen add a partial capo on 2nd fret leaving the two lowest strings open: oo2222 (o = open/uncapoed)\r\n\r\n[Chords]\r\n[ch]G[/ch]    3x0003\r\n[ch]C/G[/ch]  3x2013 (hammer-on from G)\r\n[ch]C[/ch]    x32013\r\n[ch]D[/ch]    xo0232 ([ch]D/G[/ch])\r\n[ch]Em[/ch]   o22000 ([ch]Em/D[/ch])\r\n[ch]D[/ch]*   xo2010 / oo4030 (slide up)\r\n[ch]C[/ch]*   oo4030 \\ xo2010 (slide down)\r\n\r\n[Intro]\r\n[ch]G[/ch]        [ch]C/G[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]C/G[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\n[ch]D[/ch]*  [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]*  [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]*  [ch]G[/ch]\r\n[ch]C/G[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]Em[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWhen I tell you that I love you, don't test my love[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\nAccept my love[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\nDon't test my love[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\n'Cause maybe I don't love you all that much[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Interlude]\r\n[ch]D[/ch]*  [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]*\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]Em[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nDon't ask what kind of music I'm gonna play tonight[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\nJust stay a while[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\nHear for yourself a while[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]                   [ch]Em[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd if you must put me in a box make sure it's a big box[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\nWith lots of windows[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\nAnd a door to walk through[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\nAnd a nice high chimney[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]Em[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSo we can burn, burn, burn everything that we don't like[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\nAnd watch the ashes[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\nFly up to heaven[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\nMaybe all the way to India[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nI'd like that[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Interlude]\r\n[ch]D[/ch]*  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]*\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]Em[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAll the ancient kings came to my door[/tab]\r\n[tab]                               [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]                      [ch]Em[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThey said, \"Do you wanna be an ancient king, too?\" I said, \"Oh yes, very much[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\nBut I think my timing's wrong\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\nThey said, \"Time is relative[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\nOr did you misread Einstein?\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\nI said, \"You really mean it?\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\nThey said, \"What do ya think we come here for[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nOur goddamn health or something?\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Interlude]\r\n[ch]D[/ch]*  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]*\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]Em[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nEverybody's waiting for the Messiah[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\nThe Jews are waiting[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\nChristians are waiting[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\nAlso the Muslims[/tab]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\nIt's like everybody's waiting[/tab]\r\n[tab]                       [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\nThey've been waiting a long time[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\nI know how I hate to wait[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\nLike even for a bus or something[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\nAn important phone call[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\nSo I can just imagine[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\nHow darned impatient[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\nEverybody must be getting[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\nSo I think it's time now[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\nTime to reveal myself[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\nI am the Messiah[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]C/G[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\nI am the Messiah[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\nYes, I think you heard me right[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\nI am the Messiah[/tab]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\nI was gonna wait till next year[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\nBuild up the suspense a little[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\nMake it a really big surprise[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\nBut I could not resist[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                   [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\nIt's like when you've got a really big secret[/tab]\r\n[tab]                        [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\nYou're just bursting to tell someone[/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\nIt was sort of like that with this[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\nAnd now that I've told you[/tab]\r\n[tab]                         [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\nI feel this great weight lifted[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\nDoctor Nesbaum was right[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\nHe's my therapist, he said,              [/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n\"Get it out in the o-----pen[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Interlude]\r\n[ch]D[/ch]*  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]*\r\n\r\n[Verse 5]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]Em[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI spent ten whole days in Jerusalem[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\nMmm, Jerusalem[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\nSweet Jerusalem[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\nAnd all I ate was olives[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\nNothing but olives[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\nMountains of olives[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\nIt was a good ten days[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\nI like olives[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\nI like you, too[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 6]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWhen I tell you that I love you[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Em[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nDon't test my love[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\nAccept my love[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\nDon't test my love[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]*  [ch]C[/ch]*  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nCause maybe I don't love you all that much[/tab]","plain_text":"To play with the record tune *almost* a half step down (about +20 cents sharp of Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb)\nThen add a partial capo on 2nd fret leaving the two lowest strings open: oo2222 (o = open/uncapoed)\n\n[Chords]\nG    3x0003\nC/G  3x2013 (hammer-on from G)\nC    x32013\nD    xo0232 (D/G)\nEm   o22000 (Em/D)\nD*   xo2010 / oo4030 (slide up)\nC*   oo4030 \\ xo2010 (slide down)\n\n[Intro]\nG        C/G  G  C/G  G\nD*  G    D*  G    D*  G\nC/G      G  C/G\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Interlude]\nD*  G   D*\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Interlude]\nD*  G  D*\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Interlude]\nD*  G  D*\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Interlude]\nD*  G  D*\n\n[Verse 5]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 6]","chords":["Eb","Ab","Db","Gb","Bb","G","C/G","C","D","D/G","Em","Em/D"],"chord_diagrams":{"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"C/G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[3,4,2,0,1,0],"frets":[3,3,2,0,1,0]},"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]}}}