Jesus Was a Democrat chords by Everclear

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Verse 1
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Jesus  (G major) Christ didn't have blue
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 (E minor) eyes or blond hair  (D major)  (E minor) 
He looked just like all those
people that you want to kill
Spin your hell into a heaven you can sell
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Make it look like Cali (D major) fornia
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with a  (E minor) bible belt
Jesus didn't look like the
boy next door
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Unless you live in Palestine  (A major) 
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I wonder what you mean  (G major) 
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by the  (D major) golden  (G major) rule  (E minor) 
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I think it is a scary play on word (A major) s
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I wonder what they  (G major) taught you back
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in  (D major) Sunday  (G major) school  (E minor) 

Verse 2
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I bet you think of him  (E minor) 
As a nice clean long haired Republican,
nah
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He would be  (D major) all locked up
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in Guantanamo  (A major) Bay  (E minor) 
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 (A major) If he were alive today  (E minor) 
He would have been a revolutionary
Wanted by the CIA

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Verse 3

I picture him in all the wrong places

Finding diamonds in the dirt

A star of David tattoo

And a Che t- shirt

Jesus Christ was a left wing

radical Jew

Murdered by people like you

If Jesus was a Democrat

Verse 4
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 (A major) 
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like the bible says  (E minor) he was
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 (C major) I don't think he's going to
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want  (G major) to take the blame
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For all  (A major) the awful things
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you say and do  (E minor) in  his  (D major) name

Verse 5
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 (C major) If Jesus was  (G major) alive
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he would be sad  (A major) to see
That it is no different than it
used to be
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 (C major) Someday he's going to  (G major) call you out
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I am  (A major) pretty god damned sure ...
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He is  (G major) go ing to be  (E minor) angry

Verse 6
He is going to be angry
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 (E minor) You want to know what I think?...
I think Jesus would have been
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a  (D major) card carrying liberal
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 (A major) If he was a young man
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born in the USA  (E minor) 
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 (G major) He  (E minor) 

Verse 7
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 (G major)  (E minor) would not be "fis
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cally con (G major) servative"
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And he  (E minor) wouldn't vote for
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John  (G major)  (E minor) McCain
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All those so called  (G major) Christians
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that you  (E minor) see on TV
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Maybe they scare  (G major) Je sus
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like  (E minor) they scare me
Kick you the hell out of my temple too
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Too many elephants in the  (C major) room
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If Jesus was a  (G major) Democrat

Verse 8
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 (A major) like
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the bible says he  (E minor) was
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 (C major) I don't think he's going
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to want  (G major) to take the blame
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For all  (A major) the awful things you people
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do and  (E minor) say in  (D major) his name  (C major) 
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If Jesus was  (G major) alive today he would be sad

Verse 9
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 (A major) 
to see
That it is no different than
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it used to be  (C major) 
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Someday he's going to  (G major) call you out
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I am  (A major) pretty god damned sure...
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He is  (G major) going to be... mad  (E minor) 
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 (C major)  (G major)  (D major)  (A major) 
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He is going to be  (E minor) angry  (C major)  (G major)  (D major)  (A major) 
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He is going to be... mad  (E minor)  (C major)  (G major)  (D major)  (A major) 
He is going to be... mad
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 (E minor)  (C major)  (G major)  (D major)  (A major) 

Verse 10
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 (E minor) 
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 (C major) You say  (G major) Jesus loves the little  (A major) children
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And I say I know that's true  (E minor) 
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 (C major) I  say he  (G major) loves all the
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 (D major) Muslims and the  (A major) Jews
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All the addicts and the porn stars  (G major) too  (E minor) 
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 (C major) You say  (G major) Jesus died to save  (A major) 
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us all from a fiery hell  (E minor) 
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I  (C major) say  (G major) Jesus died to save  (A major) us
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Save us from ourselves  (E minor)  (C major) 
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 (G major)  (D major)  (A major)  (E minor)  (C major)  (G major)  (D major)  (A major) 
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Will  (E minor)  (C major)  (G major)  (D major)  (A major) you save  (E minor) me
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Bm 
 (C major)  (G major)  (A major) from my (B minor) self?

Verse 11
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 (C major) If Jesus was a  (G major) liberal  (A major) like the
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red letters say he was  (D major) 
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 (C major) I know he would  (G major) have big love for
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all the  (A major) killers and the racists
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And  (E minor) the bullies in  (D major) this world  (C major) 
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If Jesus was  (G major) alive today And you had

Verse 12
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 (A major) 
a chance to meet
him face to face
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I'm pretty  (C major) God- damned sure
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that  (G major) you and your friends
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Would  (A major) find some way to kill
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him all over again  (C major)  (G major)  (E minor) 
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 (A major) You would kill him all over again  (C major)  (G major)  (E minor) 
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Again  (D major) and again  (G major) and again  (C major)  (G major) 
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Just like you always do  (C major) 
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 (G major) You do just what you
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always  (C major)  (G major) do