jesus was a capricorn
written & performed by kris kristofferson
tuning : standard ( eadgbe )
sounds good fingerpicked , country – style , with alternating bass and fills .
v1 .
D G D
jesus was a capricorn , he ate organic food ,
E A
he believed in love and peace and never wore no shoes;
D G D
long hair , beard and sandals and a funky bunch of friends ,
A D
reckon they just nailed him up so he’d come down again .
chorus :
G D
cause everybody’s got to have somebody to look down on ,
A G D
those they can be better than at any time they please ,
G D
some folks doin’ something dirty decent folks can frown on ,
A G D
if you can’t find nobody else , then help yourself to me .
v2 .
D G D
eggheads fussin , ’ rednecks cussin , ’ hippies for their hair ,
E A
others laugh at straights , who laugh at freaks , who laugh at squares;
D G D
some folks hate the whites , who hate the blacks , who hate the klan ,
A D
most of us hate anything that we don’t understand .
( repeat chorus )
jesus was a capricorn
written & performed by kris kristofferson
tuning : standard ( eadgbe )
sounds good fingerpicked , country – style , with alternating bass and fills .
v1 .
D G D
jesus was a capricorn , he ate organic food ,
E A
he believed in love and peace and never wore no shoes;
D G D
long hair , beard and sandals and a funky bunch of friends ,
A D
reckon they just nailed him up so he’d come down again .
chorus :
G D
cause everybody’s got to have somebody to look down on ,
A G D
those they can be better than at any time they please ,
G D
some folks doin’ something dirty decent folks can frown on ,
A G D
if you can’t find nobody else , then help yourself to me .
v2 .
D G D
eggheads fussin , ’ rednecks cussin , ’ hippies for their hair ,
E A
others laugh at straights , who laugh at freaks , who laugh at squares;
D G D
some folks hate the whites , who hate the blacks , who hate the klan ,
A D
most of us hate anything that we don’t understand .
( repeat chorus )
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