Kate & Anna McGarrigle – Rebel Jesus (Guitar)

        C            D
And the music of the season

        G
And the merchants' windows are all bright

         G6           Em
With the faces of the children

        C                 G
And the families hurrying to their homes

       C               G
As the sky darkens and freezes

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We'll be gathering around their hearths and tables

       Em              D
Giving thanks for good graces

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And the birth of the rebel Jesus

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And they call him by the saviour

         G
And they pray to him upon the seas

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And in every bold endeavour

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And they fill his churches with their pride and gold

         C              G
As their faith in him increases

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But they've turned the nature that I worshipped in

       Em          D
From a temple to a robber's den

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In the words of the rebel Jesus

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And we guard our fine possessions

    G
And once a year when Christmas comes

   G6            Em
We give to our relations

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And perhaps we give a little to the poor

       C                 G
If the generosity should seize us

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But if any one of us should interfere

       Em          D
In the business of why there are poor

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They get the same as the rebel Jesus

   C                D
To take the tone of judgment

         G
For I've no wish to come between

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This day and your enjoyment

     C                       G
In a life of hardship and of earthly toil

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There's a need for anything that frees us

     C
So I bid you pleasure

      G
And I bid you cheer

       Em            D
From a Heathen and a Pagan

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On the side of the rebel Jesus