Jerusalem chords by
Steve Earle

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Key: D major

Verse 1
D D 
 
Bm Bm 
 
D D 
 
Gsus2 Gsus2 
 
Asus4 Asus4 
 
D D 
 
I
G G 
 
D D 
 
Bm Bm 
 
G G 
 
A A 
 
Asus4 Asus4 
 
A A 
 
D D 
 
woke up this morning,
G G 
 
and none of the news was good
D D 
 
Bm Bm 
 
Death machines were rumblin' 'cross
Gsus2 Gsus2 
 
G G 
 
Gsus2 Gsus2 
 
A A 
 
the ground   where Jesus stood
D D 
 
And the man on my TV told me that
it had always been that way
G G 
 
D D 
 
And there was nothing any
A A 
 
one could do or say
D D

Verse 2
Bm Bm 
 
D D 
 
And I almost listened to him
Gsus2 Gsus2 
 
Yeah, I al     most lost my mind
D D 
 
A A 
 
And I regained my senses
Bm Bm 
 
D D 
 
again
Gsus2 Gsus2 
 
G G 
 
A A 
 
Looked into       my heart to find

Verse 3
D D 
 
That I  believe that one fine day
G G 
 
all the children of Abraham
D D 
 
Will lay down their swords
Bm Bm 
 
A A 
 
forever in Jerusalem
D D 
 

Verse 4
Well maybe I'm only dreamin'
G G 
 
and maybe I'm just a fool
D D 
 
Bm Bm 
 
But I don't remember learnin' how
Gsus2 Gsus2 
 
D D 
 
A A 
 
to hate     in Sunday school
D D 
 
Somewhere along the way I strayed
G G 
 
and I never looked back again
D D 
 
But I still find some com
A A 
 
fort now and then
D D 
 

Verse 5
Bm Bm 
 
D D 
 
Then the storm comes rumblin' in
G G 
 
Gsus2 Gsus2 
 
And I can't lay      me down
D D 
 
Bm Bm 
 
D D 
 
And the drums are drummin' again
Gsus2 Gsus2 
 
And I        can't stand
G G 
 
A A 
 
Asus4 Asus4 
 
A A 
 
the sound

Verse 6

But I believe there'll come a day

when the lion and the lamb

Gsus2

Will lie down in peace

together in Jerusalem

Interlude 1
A A 
 
D D 
 
Bm Bm 
 
D D 
 
Gsus2 Gsus2 
 
G G 
 
Gsus2 Gsus2 
 
D D 
 
Bm Bm 
 
D D 
 
Asus4 Asus4 
 
Gsus2 Gsus2 
 
Asus4 Asus4 
 
A A 
 
D D 
 
G G 
 
D D 
 
Bm Bm 
 
A A 
 
D D

Verse 7
Bm Bm 
 
D D 
 
And there'll be no barricades then
Gsus2 Gsus2 
 
G G 
 
Gsus2 Gsus2 
 
D D 
 
There'll be       no wire or       walls
And we can wash all this
Bm Bm 
 
D D 
 
blood from our hands
Gsus2 Gsus2 
 
G G 
 
Gsus2 Gsus2 
 
Asus4 Asus4 
 
And all this hatred   from     our souls
A A 
 
An

Verse 8

d I believe that on that day all

the children of Abraham

Gsus2

Will lay down their swords

forever in Jerusalem

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