Key: C major
Verse 1
nine (run come see)
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F
Nineteen hundred and twenty- nine
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G
C
Run come see Jerusalem
Verse 2
in the island (run come see)
My God what a beautiful morning
It was in nineteen hundred
that day very well
It was in nineteen hun
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G
Run come see Jerusalem
Verse 3
storm in the islands
My God what a beautiful morning
They were talkin' 'bout
a storm in the islands
Run come see Jerusalem
Verse 4
leavin' out the harbour
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F
The Ethel the Myrtle and the Pretoria
There were three ships
a leavin' out the harbour
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G
Run come see Jerusalem
Verse 5
for a neighbouring island
With the mothers and children on board
Am
C
These ships were bound for
Verse 6
Rocking from side to side
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G
C
Run come see Jerusalem
Verse 7
C
Am
C
The mothers come hauling to
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F
When the first wave hit the Pretoria
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Run come see Jerusalem
Verse 8
Am
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Am
three souls on the water
Oh my God they were swimming
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G
and praying to the good Lord
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F
There were thirty three souls on the water
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G
Run come see Jerusalem
Verse 9
he was the captain
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C
He shouted come my children come pray
He said "Come now witness
your judgment"
Verse 10
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C
Run come see I remember
that day very well
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C
It was in nineteen hundred
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G
C
Run come see Jerusalem
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