{"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":1507837,"song":"Jesus The Missing Years","artist":"John Prine","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/1507837-jesus-the-missing-years-chords-by-john-prine/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1507837?type=chord","rating":4.89668,"votes":78,"content":"[Intro]\r\n\r\nJesus, the Missing Years\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab]  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIt was raining, it was cold[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]F[/ch]\r\nWest Bethlehem was no place for a twelve-year old[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSo he packed his bag and he headed out[/tab]\r\n[tab]                        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nTo find out what the world's about[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHe went to France and went to Spain[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch]\r\nHe found love and he found pain[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHe found stores, so he started to shop[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHe had no money, so he got in trouble with a cop[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nKids in trouble with the cops from Israel didn't have no home[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]F[/ch]\r\nSo he cut his hair and moved to Rome[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIt was there, he met his Irish bride[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                                   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd they rented a flat on the lower east side of Rome[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch]\r\nItaly, that is[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nMusic publishers, book binders[/tab]\r\n\r\nBible belters, swimming pools\r\n[tab]                                  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nOrgies, and lots of pretty Italian chicks[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch]                            [ch]F[/ch]\r\nCharlie bought some popcorn, Billy bought a car[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSomeone almost bought the farm, but they didn't go that far[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]                               [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThings shut down at midnight, at least round here they do[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                                            [ch]C[/ch]\r\n'Cause we all reside down the block inside 23 Skidoo[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab]  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWine was flowing, so were beers[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch]\r\nSo Jesus found his missing years[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHe went to a dance and said, \"This don't move me\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]                           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHe hiked up his pants and he went to a movie[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nOn his thirteenth birthday, he saw Rebel Without A Cause[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]F[/ch]\r\nHe went straight on home and invented Santa Claus[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWho gave him a gift and he responded in kind[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHe gave the gift of love and went out of his mind[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nYou see, him and the wife wasn't getting along[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch]\r\nSo he took out his guitar and he wrote a song[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nCalled 'The Dove Of Love Fell Off The Perch'[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBut he couldn't get divorced in the Catholic Church[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAt least not back then, anyhow[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nJesus was a good guy[/tab]\r\n\r\nHe didn't need this shit\r\n\r\nSo he took a pill with a Coca-Cola\r\n[tab]                 [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd he swallowed it[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHe discovered the Beatles[/tab]\r\n\r\nAnd he recorded with The Stones\r\n\r\nOnce he even opened up a three-way package\r\n[tab]               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nFor old George Jones[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]                               [ch]F[/ch]\r\nCharlie bought some popcorn, Billy bought a car[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]                                                      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSomeone almost bought the farm, but they didn't go that far[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]                           [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThings shut down at midnight, at least round here they do[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                                                [ch]C[/ch]\r\n'Cause we all reside down the block inside of...23 Skidoo[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe years went by like sweet little days[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]\r\nWith babies crying pork chops and Beaujolais[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhen he woke up, he was seventeen[/tab]\r\n[tab]                       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe world was angry, the world was mean[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWhy, the man down the street and the kid on the stoop[/tab]\r\n[tab]                         [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAll agreed that life stank, all the world smelled like poop[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBaby poop, that is[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe worst kind[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSo he grew his hair long and he threw away his comb[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHeaded back to Jerusalem to find Mom and Dad and home[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBut when he got there, the cupboard was bare[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]F[/ch]\r\nExcept for an old black man with a fishing rod[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHe said, \"What you gonna be when you grow up?\"[/tab]\r\n\r\nJesus said, \"God\"\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nOh my God, what have I gotten myself into?[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]F[/ch]\r\nI'm a human corkscrew and all my wine is blood[/tab]\r\n[tab]                       [ch]G[/ch]                           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThey're gonna kill me, Mama, they don't like me, Bud[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSo Jesus went to Heaven, he went there awful quick[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAll them people killed him, he wasn't even sick[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSo, come and gather around me, my contemporary peers[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]F[/ch]                               [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd I'll tell you all the story of Jesus: The Missing Years[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]                         [ch]F[/ch]\r\nCharlie bought some popcorn, Billy bought a car[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]                                                   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSomeone almost bought the farm, but they didn't go that far[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]                             [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThings shut down at midnight, at least round here they do[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                                              [ch]C[/ch]\r\n'Cause we all reside down the block inside at 23...Skidoo[/tab]","plain_text":"[Intro]\n\nJesus, the Missing Years\n\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBible belters, swimming pools\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHe didn't need this shit\n\nSo he took a pill with a Coca-Cola\n\n\n\nAnd he recorded with The Stones\n\nOnce he even opened up a three-way package\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJesus said, \"God\"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]","chords":["C","F","G","A"],"chord_diagrams":{"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}