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Capo 5
|------------------3----2--------------------------3---2--0h2--------------------|
|------------------3----3--------------------------3---3------3------------------|
|--------------0---0---2---------0------------0----0---2--------2----------------|
|-------0---0h2----0--0----0-2-4---4-2-0---0h2-----0---0---------------0h2-------|
|---0h2----3------2-----------------------3-------2----------------0h2-------3---|
|--3-------------3-------------------------------3-------------------------------|
						And come in with the C chord for the verse
CHer peoGple come from Nineveh
DHis peEmople come from Rural Shade
CThey meGt in the tent
On Dthe traveling Nazarene
CShe took Ghis big hand in hers
Led Dhim from Emthe tent to the piney woods
BDoth Emsixteen
CA few Gmonths later they got married
DA feEmw more months RoseofSharon got born
CWhile Ghe was Dout cutting pulp
CA loGgging chain whipped
DHe nEmever walked again
It was Dan aEmccidental thing
CSo he Gdrank when they had money
DShe Emworked as a serving girl
CIn Gthe ricDh folk’s houses in town
CRoseofSGharon grew up
DCuttiEmng pictures out of magazines
Of DhoEmuses big and clean
Interlude:  C   G   D   Em   C   G  D  
CRoseGofSharon ran away&#8232;D			Em
With a boy selling bibles
CCrosseGd the line in Shreveport
DTurned 16
CCalls Gher mother from the payphone
DA laundromat in NaEmtchez
It’s Dnot exactly what I dreamed
CPalGestine, Palestine
DOh PaEmlestine
We’ve gDot Satan on the run
ShEmouts the Nazarene

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Palestine Ii

by Sam Baker

Lyrics & chords · Original key · Capo on fret 5 (as written in this song)

Chords in this song · guitar

Capo 5

|------------------3----2--------------------------3---2--0h2--------------------|

|------------------3----3--------------------------3---3------3------------------|

|--------------0---0---2---------0------------0----0---2--------2----------------|

|-------0---0h2----0--0----0-2-4---4-2-0---0h2-----0---0---------------0h2-------|

|---0h2----3------2-----------------------3-------2----------------0h2-------3---|

|--3-------------3-------------------------------3-------------------------------|

And come in with the C chord for the verse

C G

Her people come from Nineveh

D Em

His people come from Rural Shade

C G

They met in the tent

On the traveling Nazarene

C G

She took his big hand in hers

D Em

Led him from the tent to the piney woods

D Em

Both sixteen

C G

A few months later they got married

D Em

A few more months RoseofSharon got born

C G D

While he was out cutting pulp

C G

A logging chain whipped

D Em

He never walked again

D Em

It was an accidental thing

C G

So he drank when they had money

D Em

She worked as a serving girl

C G D

In the rich folk’s houses in town

C G

RoseofSharon grew up

D Em

Cutting pictures out of magazines

D Em

Of houses big and clean

C G D Em C G D

Interlude:

C G

RoseofSharon ran away D Em

With a boy selling bibles

C G

Crossed the line in Shreveport

Turned 16

C G

Calls her mother from the payphone

D Em

A laundromat in Natchez

It’s not exactly what I dreamed

C G

Palestine, Palestine

D Em

Oh Palestine

We’ve got Satan on the run

Shouts the Nazarene

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