Jesus Came to Tennessee
Jesus Came to Tennessee

Jesus Came to Tennessee easy guitar chords by Will Hoge

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Fret 4

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    • Verse 1

    Jesus 
    came to Earth 
    today 
    smack dab 

    into Tennessee 

    Knocked upon 
    my front 
    door 
    said, "Hey 

    Will, remember 
    me?" 

    I said, 
    "Oh 
    Lord 
    please forgive 
    me, 
    but I 
    ain't real good 
    with names, 

    but your face 
    looks 
    real familiar. 
    Wait a second, 
    uh, 
    is it James?" 

    And he said, 
    "No, 
    no, 
    no" 

    He said, "It's 
    Jesus, 

    you know the 
    son of God" 
    and 
    I didn't realise 

    I 
    said, "Man, 
    I'm sure 
    sorry

    " 
    and invited 
    him 
    inside 

    Offered 
    him a sandwich 

    cause he was 
    looking 
    awful thin 

    And 
    then 
    I went 
    and got nervous 
    and I said, "So 
    Jesus, 

    where you 
    been?" 

    And 
    he said 
    "Heaven 
    Will, 

    I've been in 
    heaven" 

    And then I saw 
    him looking 

    at a picture 
    from my 
    wedding day 

    Of 
    my wife 
    and me 
    and our one 

    year old son 

    I said, 
    "I guess that's 

    not OK?" 

    He said "The 
    truth is 
    all I care 
    about 
    is that you love 

    and take care 
    of your kid
    s. 

    Remember I 
    was born 
    out of wedlock 
    too, 

    though some 
    folks soon 
    forget. 
    They'd soon 
    forget." 

    We just sat 
    there talk
    ing, 

    watching 
    the TV 
    news 

    I 
    asked 
    him 
    "Fox 
    or CNN?" 

    He said, 
    "Will, I prefer 
    the truth." 

    I said, 
    "PBS, OK 
    my friend" 
    and 

    we both 
    had a laugh 

    But with the stor
    ies they 
    kept showing 

    he started looking 
    pretty sad 

    It 
    was all war 
    and 
    death and 
    hatred, 

    poverty 
    and greed 

    He said 
    "The rich 
    folks and 
    politicians 
    are sure starting 
    to get 
    to me. 
    What 

    part of 
    love your 
    neighbor 
    is so hard 
    to understand?" 

    I said " Don't 
    take it too hard 
    Jesus, 

    let's just 
    take a drive 
    my man. 
    Take a drive 
    my man" 

    Hopped 
    into my 
    old Ford 

    and went 
    out for 
    a spin 

    Drove 
    past a military 
    funeral 

    where we saw 
    these 
    angry men 

    With signs 
    that 
    said that "God 
    hates fags", 

    Jesus said 
    "Let me 
    out" 

    Walked 
    up to 
    them all calm 
    and 
    cool and 
    I heard one 
    man shout, 

    "Get out of here, 
    you goddamn 
    hippy, I 
    can't wait 
    for you 
    to die." 

    And Jesus 
    said 
    " I already 
    did" 

    and smiled 
    and 
    waved goodbye 

    Got in 
    and said "Daddy 
    doesn't hate 
    nobody, 

    that's an awful 
    thing 
    to say. 
    Plus Daddy 
    knows 
    what he's doing. 
    He's the 
    one that 
    made them gay." 

    God 
    made 
    them gay. 

    I went 
    back to driving 
    and 
    then I saw 

    him 
    shed a tear 

    He said "Y'all 
    sure have 
    made a mess 
    of all the things 
    that we 
    gave you 
    down here. 
    All this war 
    and 
    global warming, 

    no help 
    to the sick 
    and the poor. 
    I guess 
    Daddy and I 
    should just pull 
    the plug, 
    y'all ain't worth 
    it 
    anymore." 

    I 
    said, "Woah 
    Jesus, 
    Jesus take 
    it easy. 
    I 
    gotta pick 
    my two sons 
    up at three 

    and if it's going 
    to be Armageddon 
    I think 
    I like 
    to have 
    them 
    here with 
    me." 

    He said 
    "OK 
    then let's 
    go get 
    'em" 

    and then we turned 
    up the radio 

    And 
    we sang 
    along to old 
    Merle Haggard 

    songs 
    as we rode 
    on down 
    the road. 

    "Mama 
    tried" 

    Oh, 
    "Mama 
    tried" 

    Pulled up 
    to the playground 
    and Jesus 

    said 
    "Look- ey there." 

    All the kids 
    were running 
    'round laughing, 

    there was smiles 
    everywhere. 

    The white, 
    the black, 
    the Chinese, 

    the short, 
    the fat, 
    the tall. 

    Christians, 
    Muslims, 

    Jews and Atheists 
    having 
    themselves 
    a ball. 

    Jesus 
    smiled 
    and said "Well, 
    maybe 
    there's hope 
    for you 
    folks yet. 
    Learn a lesson 
    from your chil
    dren 
    and try 
    not to 
    forget. 
    And I'll call 
    off this 
    Doomsday, 

    end of the 
    world 
    and I can go 
    back home. 
    It gets wild 
    when 
    I leave Daddy 
    and John 
    Lennon 
    up 
    there 
    all alone." 

    Oh 
    yeah 

    I said "OK 
    Jesus, 

    thanks for 
    hanging. 
    See you another 
    time." 

    And just 
    like that 
    he was gone 

    and everything 
    seemed 
    fine. 

    I yelled, 
    "One 
    more thing 
    Jesus, 

    could you help me 
    write some hit
    s?" 

    And in a big voice 
    he said 
    that "I 
    will, if you 

    quit 
    writing 
    songs 
    like 
    this." 

    Amen 

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