Jesus Was A Capricorn
Written & Performed by Kris Kristofferson

Tuning: Standard (EADGBE)
Sounds good fingerpicked, country-style, with alternating bass and fills.

V1.

D (xx0232@1)                        G (320003@1)         DJesus (xx0232@1)was a Capricorn, he ate organic food,

E (022100@1)           AHe (x02220@1)believed in love and peace and never wore no shoes;

D (xx0232@1)                                 G (320003@1)            DLong (xx0232@1)hair, beard and sandals and a funky bunch of friends,

A (x02220@1)            D (xx0232@1)            
Reckon they just nailed him up so he'd come down again.

Chorus:

G (320003@1)                                        DCause (xx0232@1)everybody's got to have somebody to look down on,

A (x02220@1)                G (320003@1)                         DThose (xx0232@1)they can be better than at any time they please,

G (320003@1)                                      DSome (xx0232@1)folks doin' something dirty decent folks can frown on,

A (x02220@1)                 G (320003@1)                              DIf (xx0232@1)you can't find nobody else, then help yourself to me.

V2.

D (xx0232@1)                                  G (320003@1)               DEggheads (xx0232@1)fussin,' rednecks cussin,' hippies for their hair,

E (022100@1)                  AOthers (x02220@1)laugh at straights, who laugh at freaks, who laugh at squares;

D (xx0232@1)                              G (320003@1)                           DSome (xx0232@1)folks hate the whites, who hate the blacks, who hate the Klan,

A (x02220@1)            DMost (xx0232@1)of us hate anything that we don't understand.

(Repeat Chorus)