Emmylou Harris

Jerusalem Tomorrow(Chords)

Emmylou Harris

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Bm 

Man you should have seen me way back 
Em 
then 
Bm 
I could tell a tale 
               F#7 
I could make it spin 
Em 
I could tell you black was white 
        Bm 
I could tell you day was night 
                               F#7 
Not only that I could tell you why 
                                Bm 
Back then I could really tell a lie 
Bm                                Em 
Well I'd hire a kid to say he was lame 
         Bm                           F#7 
Then I'd touch him and make him walk again 
Em                             Bm 
Then I'd pull some magic trick I'd pretend to heal the sick 
                                    F#7 
I was takin' everything they had to give 
                                Bm 
It wasn't all that bad a way to live 
Bm                                           Em 
Well I'm in this desert town and it's hot as hell 
    Bm                            F#7 
But no one's buyin' what I got to sell 
Em                      Bm 
I make my lame kid walk I make a dumb guy talk 
                                        F#7 
I'm preachin' up a storm both night and day 
                                  Bm 
But everyone just turns and walks away 
Bm                                   Em 
Well I can see that I'm only wasting time 
     Bm                                 F#7 
So I head across the road to drink some wine 
     Em 
This old man comes up to me 
             Bm 
He says I've seen you on the street 
                                F#7 
You're pretty good if I do say myself 
                                                            Bm 
But the guy that come thru here last month he was somethin' else 
Bm                                   Em 
Instead of callin' out for fire from above 
   Bm                                   F#7 
He just gets real quiet and talks about love 
         Em 
And I'll tell you somethin' funny 
          Bm 
He didn't want nobody's money 
                                       F#7 
Now I'm not exactly sure what this all means 
                                              Bm 
But it's the damndest thing I swear I've ever seen 

Solo 
Bm                                      Em 
Well since that time every town is the same 
Bm 
I can't make a dime, 
                   F#7 
I don't know why I came 
Em 
I decide I'll go and find him 
    Bm 
And find out who's behind him 
                                        F#7 
He has everyone convinced that he's for real 
                                   Bm 
Well I figure we can work us out a deal 
Bm                              Em 
So he offers me a job and I say fine 
   Bm                                 F#7 
He says I'll get paid off on down the line 
       Em 
Well I guess I'll string along 
              Bm 
Don't see how too much can go wrong 
                                       F#7 
As long as he pays my way I guess I'll follow 
                               Bm 
We're headed for Jerusalem tomorrow
	        

Written by David Olney

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