Oh Jerusalem Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[Em][A][Em]
[A]

[Verse 1]
Oh [Em]Jerusalem [A]yeah, [Em]oh Jerusalem,
[A]oh Jer[Em]usalem, oh [A]Jer us[Em]alem...
[A]

[Verse 2]
[Em]
Realizing that there's [A]no place
else [Em]to go
And there's nobody I know
who can [A]help [Em]me
Text book solutions [A]are so
[Em]improbable
'cause everybody else
is just as [A]empty[Em]
Naked as the day that I [A]was born,
I tried to hide
[Em]...behind education and
philo[A]sophy[Em]
Hopeless explanation to
[A]describe a situation
[Em]I can't see because the
world's on top [A]of me[Em]
Oh wretched man that I [A]am,
who will deliver [Em]me
From the body of [A]this [Em]death
Freeing me from dust,
and the [A]superficial trust
[Em]Of an enemy that seeks
to take my [A]breath[Dm]
Failing to connect,
[Em]'cause I'm morally defec[Am]t
By reason of the God in[Dm]side my head
Causing me to see,
[Em]only what pertains to me[Am]
Believing I'm alive when
[Dm]I'm still [Em]dead
Limited to earth,
[A]unable to find out my worth
'cause [Em]I... can't see past
my own van[A]ity[Em]
If I'm not included,
[A]then I just have to remove it
[Em]From my mind because it has to be in sanity
[A]Oh [Em]wretched man that I am,[A]
who will deliver [Em]me
From the body of this [A]death[Em]
Can I even factor,
[A]that I've only been an actor
[Em]In this staged interpretation of this [A]day
[Em]Focused on the shadow,
[A]with my back turned to the light
[Em]Too intelligent to see it's me
in the [A]way[Dm]
What a paradox,
[Em]having God trapped in a [Am]box
All this time professing to be [Dm]spiritual
Naturally pretending,
[Em]that I'm actually defe[Am]nding
God (?) don't need ma[Dm]terial[A]
Oh Jerus[G#m]alem, wash

[Verse 3]
[F#m]
thy heart from wickedness
[A]That thou may[G#m] be sa[F#m]ved
from [A]thy deception
How [G#m]long, [F#m]shall thy face
those lies within thee
Oh Jer[A]usalem,
[G#m]keeping thee from p[F#m]erfection

[Verse 4]
[Em]
Submit to truth,
leave the [A]deception of thy youth
So [Em]we could walk in
the council of [A]authority
[Em]Forget the proof,
[A]our generation so alo[Em]of
Only follow in the steps
of the major[A]ity[Dm]
Trust in the Lord, with [Em]all thy heart
And lay not to thine,
[Am]oh an understanding in all t[Dm]hy ways
Acknowledge Him,
[Em]and He shall correct our p[Am]aths
Be [Dm](?) you can follow him
[Em]We judge and condemn,
[A]just as ignorant as them
[Em]Who religion tells us that we should
ig[A]nore[Em]
Perpetrating we're in [A]covenant with Him
[Em]Exposed by the very
things that we ad[A]ore
[Em]We grin and shake hands,
[A]then lay ambush for the man
[Em]Who has a different point of
view [A]then us[Em]
Infuriated 'cause [A]he doesn't understand
[Em]Bringing up those things we
don't want to dis[A]cuss
[Em]Why still do evil,
[A]we don't know how to do goo[Em]d
Walking on in darkness running [A]from the light,
[Em]ey
Led to believe,
be[A]cause we live in neighborhoods
[Em]Telling us what's going on will be alright
[A]Oh [Dm]so repressed,
[Em]so convinced that I was [Am]blessed
When I played with my
game of Mono[Dm]poly
Oh to [Em]suggest, that my life is still a mess
[Am]Who reveal[Em] the pride I'm hiding
[Dm]is what's stopping m[A]e
Oh Jerus[G#m]alem, [F#m]wash

[Verse 5]
thy heart from [A]wickedness
[G#m]That thou may [F#m]be saved
from thy [A]deception
[G#m]How long, shall [F#m]thy face
those lies within thee
[A]Oh Jerus[G#m]alem keeping
them from [F#m]perfection[Em]

[Verse 6]
Abide in me and I [A]in you,
as the branch cannot [Em]bare
...fruit of itself except in the [A]vine
[Em]I am the vine, ye are the [A]branches,
He's in live in me
[Em]And I in him, the same bring
forth [A]much [Dm]fruit
Without me, [Em]you can do nothing
Oh Jerusalem,
[Am]you're tradi[Em]tions have deceive[Dm]d you
I've chosen [Em]you, you haven't chosen me
Do whatsoever,
[Am]you [Em]asking my name he may give[Dm] to you
[Em]But in vain they call my name
[A]teaching doctrines just the[Em] same
Justified among them[A]selves
[Em]But God know with the heart,
[A]what man esteemed as [Em]smart
Is an abomination to Emmanuel
[A]Jus[Dm]t repent,
[Em]turn from selfish moti[Am]vation
So iniquity will [Dm]not cause your demise
Make you a new heart
[Em]and a new spirit
...for why would he [Am]die
Oh Jerus[Dm]alem, please tell [Em]me why
I have no pleasure in
[A]the death of him to die
[Em]Says the Lord God where forth turn
yourselves [A]and live[Em]
It's not the talkers,
[A]but the walkers and his[A] word
[Em]Are the only ones the Father will [A]forgive

[Verse 7]
[A]
Oh [G#m]Jerusalem,
wash [F#m]thy heart from wickedness
[A]Tha[G#m]t thou may be saved
from [F#m]thy de[A]ception
[G#m]How long, sh[F#m]all thy face
those lies within thee
[A]Oh [G#m]Jerusalem, providing you no [F#m]protection[A]
[G#m][F#m]

[Interlude 1]
[A][G#m][F#m]
[A][G#m][F#m]

[Verse 8]
[A]Oh[G#m][F#m][A][G#m][F#m]
[A]
[G#m][F#m][A][G#m][F#m]

[Outro 1]
Jerusalem...