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Jeremiah Chords

Music by: Bobbie Gentry
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[Verse 1]
[D]Jer[Dsus4]emiah,[D][Dsus4][D][C][D][Dsus4][C]
[D]maybe I h[G]ave seen[C] eternity[Dsus4][G]
[F#m]Right out loud the dis[Bm]tant cloud
[Asus4]s have talked to me[A][Em][G]
[D]Jeremiah, tell me [G]how you
[Em]came to [C]proph[G]esy?
[F#m]Can you seen the se[Bm]cond coming
[Asus4]in the sky?[G][Em][Asus4]

[Verse 2]
'Cause [D]I've been here and [Dsus4]you've
been there and glory's all [G]around
[F#m]Have you heard the st[Bm]ory that i[Asus4]s
goin' [Em]down?[Asus4]
[D]Fame and fortune, fun and [Dsus4]folly,
[C]friend and [Dsus4]fam ily[G]
[F#sus4]Is a still life real or is[Bm][Asus4]
[A]it fantasy?[Asus4][A]

[Verse 3]
[D]Jeremiah,
[Em]I think yo[D]u're a favor[G]ite ma[D]n
Take me on [Em]a journey [D]through
[G]your sanctified [Em]land[G]
[A]There's so many [Bbdim]people who
[Bm]just won't understand
[G]Jer[D]emiah, won't you tell me
[G]all that you [Asus4]can ?

[Verse 4]
Don't [D]wanna bear the burden
of Lucifer's curse
He [G]just wants to keep us from our
[Abdim]sweet Lord's mer[A]cy
Jeremiah, tell [G]us where do
[D]we stand?[C][Dsus4][D]

[Verse 5]
Tell all the people that blessed story
[G]Amazing grace,
oh pre[Abdim]cious glo[A]ry
Jeremi[Bbdim]ah, oh Je[Bm]remia[A]h[G]
Jeremi[Abdim]ah,
tell [A]us all that you [D]can[Dsus4]
[D]

[Verse 6]
[Dsus4]
[G]'Cause I'v[D]e been here and[Dsus4] you've
been there and glory's all [G]around
[F#sus4]Have you heard the story t[Bm]hat[Asus4]
is [A]goin' [Asus4]down?[A]
[D]Fame and fortune, [Dsus4]fun and folly,
friend and family
[G]Is [F#sus4]a still life real[Bm]
[Asus4]or is it fantasy?[A]

[Verse 7]
Oh, [D]Jeremiah,
I think you're my [G]fa vorite [D]man
Take me on [Em]a journey [D]through
[G]your sanctified [Em]land
[G]The[A]re's so many peo[Bbdim]ple who just
[Bm]don't understand[G]
[D]Jeremiah, won't you tell me [G]all
[A]that [Asus4]you can?

[Verse 8]
Every[D]body's got the Lord
to love and cherish
The [G]good's gonna live and the
[Abdim]bad's gonna perish
[A]Jeremiah,
tell [G]us where do [D]we stand?[Dsus4]

[Verse 9]
[D]Carry good tidin's from the
gospel pages
Stand [G]up, stand up on the
[Abdim]rock of ages[A]
[Bbdim]Jeremiah, [Bm]oh J[A]eremia[G]h
[Abdim]Jeremi ah[A],[D][Bb][Bbaug][Bm]
[A]tel[D]l us all[G] tha[Asus4]t you can[D]
[Dsus4][D][Dsus4][D]

[Verse 10]
Not for blessings or worldly pleasure
Nor for [G]fame my prayer
[Asus4]shall be[D][G][D]
There's a better life I'm sure of
Oh, just [Asus4]show my Lord
[D]to [Em]me[D][G]
[D]
And I can see
[Em][D][G][Em]

[Verse 11]
Oh, oh, [A]oh- oh, [Bbdim]oh, oh,[Bm][A][Bm]
[G]oh,[D] oh[G]- o[A]h- [G]oh-
oh
[A][Asus4]

[Verse 12]
[D]Tell me can you se that
blessed fountain
[G]Flowin' on down from [Abdim]Cal
vary's [D]mountain?
[A]Jeremiah, tell [G]us where
do we [D]stand?[Dsus4]

[Verse 13]
[D]Send the word to the fallen nation
[G]Light the way to the [Abdim]people's salvation
[D]Let [A]us have a closer walk 'n'
[Bm]Let us hear the [A]Spirit talkin'

[Verse 14]
[G]Make the children [Abdim]understand
[D]Lead the people on[Bbaug]ward
to the [Bm]promised [A]land
And tell [G]us all,
[Asus4]all that [A]we can

[Outro 1]
[D][G][D][C]
[G][D]
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