Jesus Came to Tennessee Chords

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[Verse 1]
[G]
Jesus came to Earth [Gm]today smack dab
into Tennessee
Knocked upon my front door said, "Hey
Will, remember me?"
I said, [G]"Oh Lord please forgive me, but I ain't real good with names,
but your face [Gm]looks real familiar. Wait a second, [G]uh, is it James?"
And he said, "No, no, no"
He said, "It's Jesus,
you know the son of God" and I didn't realise
I said, "Man, I'm sure sorry
[Gm]" an[G]d invited him in[Gm]side
[G]Offered him a sandwich
cause he was looking awful thin
And then [Gm]I went [G]and got nervous and I said, "So Jesus,
where you been?"
And he said "Heaven Will,
I've been in heaven"
And then I saw him looking
at a picture from my wedding day
Of [Gm]my wife [G]and me and our one
year old son
I said, "I guess that's
not OK?"
He said "The truth is [Gm]all I care about [G]is that you love
and take care of your kid[Gm]s.
Remember I was born out of wedlock too,
though some folks soon [G]forget. They'd soon forget."
We just sat there talk[Gm]ing,
[G]watching the TV news
I [Gm]asked him [G]"Fox or CNN?"
He said, "Will, I prefer the truth."
I said, "PBS, OK my friend" and
[Gm]we both had a laugh
But with the stor[G]ies they kept showing
he started looking pretty sad
It [Gm]was all war and [G]death and hatred,
poverty and greed
He said "The rich folks and politicians are sure starting to get to me. What
part of love your neighbor is so hard to understand?"
I said " Don't take it too hard Jesus,
let's just take a drive my man. Take a drive my man"
Hopped into my [Gm]old Ford
and went [G]out for a spin
[Gm]Drove past a military funeral
where we saw these angry men
[G]With signs that said that "God hates fags",
Jesus said "Let me out"
Walked up to them all calm and cool and I heard one man shout,
"Get out of here, you goddamn hippy, I can't wait for you to die."
And Jesus said " I already did"
and smiled and waved goodbye
Got in and said "Daddy doesn't hate nobody,
that's an awful thing [Gm]to say. [G]Plus Daddy knows what he's doing. He's the one that made them gay."
God made them gay.
I went back to driving and then I saw
him [Gm]shed a tear
He said "Y'all sure have made a mess of all the things [G]that we gave you [Gm]down here. All this war and global warming,
no help [G]to the sick [Gm]and the poor. I guess Daddy and I should just pull the plug, y'all ain't worth it anymore."
I [G]said, "Woah Jesus, Jesus take it easy. I gotta pick my two sons up at three
and if it's going to be Armageddon I think I like to have them here with me."
[Gm]He said [G]"OK then let's go get 'em"
and then we turned [Gm]up the radio
And we sang along to old Merle Haggard
[G]songs as we rode on down the road.
"Mama tried"
Oh, "Mama tried"
[Gm]Pulled up to the playground [G]and Jesus
said [Gm]"Look- ey there."
All the kids were running 'round laughing,
there was smiles everywhere.
[G]The[Gm] white, the black, the Chinese,
the short, the fat, the tall.
Christians, Muslims,
Jews and Atheists having themselves a ball.
Jesus smiled and said "Well, maybe [G]there's hope for you [Gm]folks yet. Learn a lesson from your chil[G]dren and try not to [Gm]forget. And I'll call off this Doomsday,
end of the world and I can go [G]back home. [Gm]It gets wild when[G] I leave Daddy and John Lennon up ther[Gm]e all alone."
Oh [G]yeah
I said "OK Jesus,
thanks for hanging. See you another time."
And just like that he was gone
and everything seemed [G]fine.
I yelled, "One more thing Jesus,
could you help me write some hit[Gm]s?"
And in a big voice he said that "I will, if you
[G]quit writing songs like [C]this."
[G]Amen