Kris Kristofferson – Jesus Was A Capricorn (Ukulele)

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#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------## written and performed by Kris Kristofferson Version of his live at the Philarmonic in 1972.Except the introduction there's not a lot of difference with the album version. Capo on the second fret Intro:E

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Verse 1:

	  E
	Jesus was a Capricorn

	    A		 E
	He ate organic foods

He believed in love and peace

	    F#	            B
	And never want no shoes

Verse 2:

	  E
	Long hair beard and sandles

	      A			E
	And a funky bunch of friends

Recon ages made him up

	  B		  E
	If he come down again

Chorus:

	     A				     E
	'Cause everybody's got to have somebody to look down on

	     B			       A	  E
	Who to came feel better than anytime be pleased

	     A				     E
	Someone doin' somethin' dirty decent folks can frown on

	     B			      A		  E
	You can find nobody else and help yourself to me

Verse 3:

	 E
	Egg Head's causen Red neck's cousin

	   A		   E
	Hippies fall their hair

Others laugh at straights who laugh at

	 F#		       B
	Freaks who laugh at squares

Verse 4:

	 E
	Some folks hate the Whites

	     A				  E
	Who hate the Blacks who hate the Clams

Most of us hate anything that

	 B		E
	We don't understand

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