Key: E minor•
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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Em
Oh Jerusalem yeah, oh Jerusalem,
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oh Jerusalem, oh Jer usalem...
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Verse 2
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And there's nobody I know
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who can help me
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improbable
'cause everybody else
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is just as empty
I tried to hide
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philosophy
Hopeless explanation to
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world's on top of me
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From the body of this death
Freeing me from dust,
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Dm
to take my breath
Failing to connect,
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Am
'cause I'm morally defect
Causing me to see,
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only what pertains to me
Believing I'm alive when
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I'm still dead
Limited to earth,
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my own vanity
If I'm not included,
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From my mind because it has to be in sanity
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Oh wretched man that I am,
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From the body of this death
Can I even factor,
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In this staged interpretation of this day
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Dm
in the way
What a paradox,
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Am
having God trapped in a box
Naturally pretending,
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that I'm actually defending
Dm
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God (?) don't need material
Verse 3
F#m
thy heart from wickedness
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G#m
F#m
That thou may be saved
G#m
F#m
How long, shall thy face
those lies within thee
G#m
F#m
keeping thee from perfection
Verse 4
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Submit to truth,
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our generation so aloof
Only follow in the steps
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Dm
of the majority
And lay not to thine,
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Dm
oh an understanding in all thy ways
Acknowledge Him,
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Am
and He shall correct our paths
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ignore
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view then us
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we don't know how to do good
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Walking on in darkness running from the light,
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ey
Led to believe,
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Telling us what's going on will be alright
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Dm
Oh so repressed,
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so convinced that I was blessed
When I played with my
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Oh to suggest, that my life is still a mess
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Who reveal the pride I'm hiding
Dm
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is what's stopping me
G#m
F#m
Oh Jerusalem, wash
Verse 5
G#m
F#m
That thou may be saved
G#m
F#m
How long, shall thy face
those lies within thee
A
G#m
Oh Jerusalem keeping
F#m
Em
them from perfection
Verse 6
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I am the vine, ye are the branches,
He's in live in me
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forth much fruit
Oh Jerusalem,
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Dm
you're traditions have deceived you
Do whatsoever,
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Dm
you asking my name he may give to you
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teaching doctrines just the same
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what man esteemed as smart
Is an abomination to Emmanuel
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Just repent,
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turn from selfish motivation
Make you a new heart
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Em
Oh Jerusalem, please tell me why
I have no pleasure in
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yourselves and live
It's not the talkers,
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but the walkers and his word
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Are the only ones the Father will forgive
Verse 7
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G#m
That thou may be saved
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from thy deception
G#m
F#m
How long, shall thy face
those lies within thee
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G#m
F#m
A
Oh Jerusalem, providing you no protection
G#m
F#m
Interlude 1
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G#m
F#m
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G#m
F#m
Verse 8
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G#m
F#m
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G#m
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Oh
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G#m
F#m
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G#m
F#m
Outro 1
Jerusalem...
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