Jesus The Missing Years Uke tab by John Prine (Baritone Chords)

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[Intro]

Jesus, the Missing Years


[Verse 1]
C C
It was raining, it was cold
F F
West Bethlehem was no place for a twelve-year old
G G
So he packed his bag and he headed out
C C
To find out what the world's about
C C
He went to France and went to Spain
F F
He found love and he found pain
G G
He found stores, so he started to shop
C C
He had no money, so he got in trouble with a cop
C C
Kids in trouble with the cops from Israel didn't have no home
F F
So he cut his hair and moved to Rome
G G
It was there, he met his Irish bride
C C
And they rented a flat on the lower east side of Rome
F F
Italy, that is
G G
Music publishers, book binders

Bible belters, swimming pools
C C
Orgies, and lots of pretty Italian chicks


[Chorus]
C C F F
Charlie bought some popcorn, Billy bought a car
G G
Someone almost bought the farm, but they didn't go that far
C C F F
Things shut down at midnight, at least round here they do
G G C C
'Cause we all reside down the block inside 23 Skidoo


[Verse 2]
C C
Wine was flowing, so were beers
F F
So Jesus found his missing years
G G
He went to a dance and said, "This don't move me"
C C
He hiked up his pants and he went to a movie
C C
On his thirteenth birthday, he saw Rebel Without A A Cause
F F
He went straight on home and invented Santa Claus
G G
Who gave him a gift and he responded in kind
C C
He gave the gift of love and went out of his mind
C C
You see, him and the wife wasn't getting along
F F
So he took out his guitar and he wrote a song
G G
Called 'The Dove Of Love Fell Off The Perch'
C C
But he couldn't get divorced in the Catholic Church
F F
At least not back then, anyhow
C C
Jesus was a good guy

He didn't need this shit

So he took a pill with a Coca-Cola
F F
And he swallowed it
G G
He discovered the Beatles

And he recorded with The Stones

Once he even opened up a three-way package
C C
For old George Jones


[Chorus]
C C F F
Charlie bought some popcorn, Billy bought a car
G G C C
Someone almost bought the farm, but they didn't go that far
C C F F
Things shut down at midnight, at least round here they do
G G C C
'Cause we all reside down the block inside of...23 Skidoo


[Verse 3]
C C
The years went by like sweet little days
F F
With babies crying pork chops and Beaujolais
G G
When he woke up, he was seventeen
C C
The world was angry, the world was mean
C C
Why, the man down the street and the kid on the stoop
F F
All agreed that life stank, all the world smelled like poop
G G
Baby poop, that is
C C
The worst kind
G G
So he grew his hair long and he threw away his comb
C C
Headed back to Jerusalem to find Mom and Dad and home
C C
But when he got there, the cupboard was bare
F F
Except for an old black man with a fishing rod
G G
He said, "What you gonna be when you grow up?"

Jesus said, "God"
C C
Oh my God, what have I gotten myself into?
F F
I'm a human corkscrew and all my wine is blood
G G C C
They're gonna kill me, Mama, they don't like me, Bud
C C
So Jesus went to Heaven, he went there awful quick
F F
All them people killed him, he wasn't even sick
G G
So, come and gather around me, my contemporary peers
F F G G C C
And I'll tell you all the story of Jesus: The Missing Years


[Chorus]
C C F F
Charlie bought some popcorn, Billy bought a car
G G C C
Someone almost bought the farm, but they didn't go that far
C C F F
Things shut down at midnight, at least round here they do
G G C C
'Cause we all reside down the block inside at 23...Skidoo

Uke tab by , 29 Aug 2022

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