Oh Jerusalem chords by Lauryn Hill

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Intro 1

Verse 1

Oh Jerusalem yeah, oh Jerusalem,

oh Jerusalem, oh Jer usalem...

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Verse 2
Em 
 (E minor) 
A 
Realizing that there's  (A major) no place
Em 
else to go  (E minor) 
And there's nobody I know
A 
Em 
who can  (A major) help me  (E minor) 
A 
Text book solutions are so  (A major) 
Em 
improbable  (E minor) 
'cause everybody else
A 
Em 
is just as  (A major) empty  (E minor) 
A 
Naked as the day that I  (A major) was born,
I tried to hide
Em 
 (E minor) ...behind education and
A 
Em 
philo (A major) sophy  (E minor) 
Hopeless explanation to
A 
 (A major) describe a situation
Em 
 (E minor) I can't see because the
A 
Em 
world's on top  (A major) of me  (E minor) 
A 
Oh wretched man that I  (A major) am,
Em 
who will deliver me  (E minor) 
A 
Em 
From the body of  (A major) this death  (E minor) 
Freeing me from dust,
A 
and the  (A major) superficial trust
Em 
 (E minor) Of an enemy that seeks
A 
Dm 
to take my breath  (A major)  (D minor) 
Failing to connect,
Em 
Am 
 (E minor) 'cause I'm morally defect  (A minor) 
Dm 
By reason of the God in (D minor) side my head
Causing me to see,
Em 
Am 
 (E minor) only what pertains to me  (A minor) 
Believing I'm alive when
Dm 
Em 
 (D minor) I'm still dead  (E minor) 
Limited to earth,
A 
unable  (A major) to find out my worth
Em 
'cause  (E minor) I... can't see past
A 
Em 
my own van (A major) ity  (E minor) 
If I'm not included,
A 
 (A major) then I just have to remove it
Em 
 (E minor) From my mind because it has to be in sanity
A 
Em 
A 
 (A major)  (E minor) Oh wretched man that  (A major) I  am,
Em 
who will deliver me  (E minor) 
A 
Em 
From the body of this death  (A major)  (E minor) 
Can I even factor,
A 
 (A major) that I've only been an actor
Em 
A 
 (E minor) In this staged interpretation of  (A major) this day
Em 
 (E minor) Focused on the shadow,
A 
 (A major) with my back turned to the light
Em 
 (E minor) Too intelligent to see it's me
A 
Dm 
in the  (A major) way  (D minor) 
What a paradox,
Em 
Am 
 (E minor) having God trapped in a box  (A minor) 
Dm 
All this time professing to be  (D minor) spiritual
Naturally pretending,
Em 
Am 
 (E minor) that I'm actually defending  (A minor) 
Dm 
A 
God (?) don't need ma (D minor) terial  (A major) 
G#m 
Oh Jerus (G sharp minor) alem, wash

Verse 3
F#m 
 (F sharp minor) 
thy heart from wickedness
A 
G#m 
F#m 
 (A major) That thou may  (G sharp minor) be saved  (F sharp minor) 
A 
from thy deception  (A major) 
G#m 
F#m 
How  (G sharp minor) long, shall  (F sharp minor) thy face
those lies within thee
A 
Oh Jer (A major) usalem,
G#m 
F#m 
 (G sharp minor) keeping thee  (F sharp minor) from  perfection

Verse 4
Em 
 (E minor) 
Submit to truth,
A 
leave the  (A major) deception of thy youth
Em 
So  (E minor) we could walk in
A 
the council of authority  (A major) 
Em 
 (E minor) Forget the proof,
A 
Em 
 (A major) our generation so aloof  (E minor) 
Only follow in the steps
A 
Dm 
of the major (A major) ity  (D minor) 
Em 
Trust in the Lord, with  (E minor) all thy heart
And lay not to thine,
Am 
Dm 
 (A minor) oh an understanding in  (D minor) all thy ways
Acknowledge Him,
Em 
Am 
 (E minor) and He shall correct our paths  (A minor) 
Dm 
Be  (D minor) (?) you can follow him
Em 
 (E minor) We judge and condemn,
A 
 (A major) just as ignorant as them
Em 
 (E minor) Who religion tells us that we should
A 
Em 
ig (A major) nore  (E minor) 
A 
Perpetrating we're in  (A major) covenant with Him
Em 
 (E minor) Exposed by the very
A 
things that we ad (A major) ore
Em 
 (E minor) We grin and shake hands,
A 
 (A major) then lay ambush for the man
Em 
 (E minor) Who has a different point of
A 
Em 
view then us  (A major)  (E minor) 
A 
Infuriated 'cause  (A major) he doesn't understand
Em 
 (E minor) Bringing up those things we
A 
don't want to dis (A major) cuss
Em 
 (E minor) Why still do evil,
A 
Em 
 (A major) we don't know how to do good  (E minor) 
A 
Walking on in darkness running  (A major) from the light,
Em 
ey  (E minor) 
Led to believe,
A 
because  (A major) we live in neighborhoods
Em 
 (E minor) Telling us what's going on will be alright
A 
Dm 
 (A major)  (D minor) Oh so repressed,
Em 
Am 
 (E minor) so convinced that I was blessed  (A minor) 
When I played with my
Dm 
game of Mono (D minor) poly
Em 
Oh to suggest,  (E minor) that my life is still a mess
Am 
Em 
 (A minor) Who re (E minor) veal the pride I'm hiding
Dm 
A 
 (D minor) is  what's stopping me  (A major) 
G#m 
F#m 
Oh Jerus (G sharp minor) alem,  (F sharp minor) wash

Verse 5
A 
thy heart from wickedness  (A major) 
G#m 
F#m 
 (G sharp minor) That thou may be saved  (F sharp minor) 
A 
from thy deception  (A major) 
G#m 
F#m 
 (G sharp minor) How long,  (F sharp minor) shall thy face
those lies within thee
A 
G#m 
 (A major) Oh Jerusalem  (G sharp minor) keeping
F#m 
Em 
them from  (F sharp minor) perfection  (E minor) 

Verse 6
A 
Abide in me and I  (A major) in you,
Em 
as the branch cannot bare  (E minor) 
A 
...fruit of itself except in the  (A major) vine
Em 
A 
 (E minor) I am the vine, ye are  (A major) the branches,
He's in live in me
Em 
 (E minor) And I in him, the same bring
A 
Dm 
forth  (A major) much fruit  (D minor) 
Em 
Without me, you can  (E minor) do nothing
Oh Jerusalem,
Am 
Em 
Dm 
 (A minor) you're  (E minor) traditions have de (D minor) ceived you
Em 
I've chosen you,  (E minor) you haven't chosen me
Do whatsoever,
Am 
Em 
Dm 
 (A minor)  (E minor) you asking my name he may  (D minor) give to you
Em 
 (E minor) But in vain they call my name
A 
Em 
 (A major) teaching doctrines just the same  (E minor) 
A 
Justified among themselves  (A major) 
Em 
 (E minor) But God know with the heart,
A 
Em 
 (A major) what man esteemed as smart  (E minor) 
Is an abomination to Emmanuel
A 
Dm 
 (A major)  (D minor) Just repent,
Em 
Am 
 (E minor) turn from selfish motivation  (A minor) 
Dm 
So iniquity will  (D minor) not cause your demise
Make you a new heart
Em 
 (E minor) and a new spirit
Am 
...for why would he die  (A minor) 
Dm 
Em 
Oh Jerusalem,  (D minor) please tell me why  (E minor) 
I have no pleasure in
A 
 (A major) the death of him to die
Em 
 (E minor) Says the Lord God where forth turn
A 
Em 
yourselves  (A major) and live  (E minor) 
It's not the talkers,
A 
A 
 (A major) but the walkers and his word  (A major) 
Em 
A 
 (E minor) Are the only ones the Father will  (A major) forgive

Verse 7
A 
 (A major) 
G#m 
Oh  (G sharp minor) Jerusalem,
F#m 
wash  (F sharp minor) thy   heart from wickedness
A 
G#m 
 (A major)  (G sharp minor) That thou may be saved
F#m 
A 
from  (F sharp minor) thy   deception  (A major) 
G#m 
F#m 
 (G sharp minor) How   long,  (F sharp minor) shall thy face
those lies within thee
A 
G#m 
F#m 
A 
 (A major) Oh Jerusalem,  (G sharp minor) providing you no  (F sharp minor) protection  (A major) 
G#m 
F#m 
 (G sharp minor)  (F sharp minor) 