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Jesus The Missing Years by John Prine
Jesus The Missing Years
Capo:no capo
[Intro]
Jesus, the Missing Years
[Verse 1]
C
It was raining, it was cold
F
West Bethlehem was no place for a twelve-year old
G
So he packed his bag and he headed out
C
To find out what the world's about
C
He went to France and went to Spain
F
He found love and he found pain
G
He found stores, so he started to shop
C
He had no money, so he got in trouble with a cop
C
Kids in trouble with the cops from Israel didn't have no home
F
So he cut his hair and moved to Rome
G
It was there, he met his Irish bride
C
And they rented a flat on the lower east side of Rome
F
Italy, that is
G
Music publishers, book binders
Bible belters, swimming pools
C
Orgies, and lots of pretty Italian chicks
[Chorus]
C F
Charlie bought some popcorn, Billy bought a car
G
Someone almost bought the farm, but they didn't go that far
C F
Things shut down at midnight, at least round here they do
G C
'Cause we all reside down the block inside 23 Skidoo
[Verse 2]
C
Wine was flowing, so were beers
F
So Jesus found his missing years
G
He went to a dance and said, "This don't move me"
C
He hiked up his pants and he went to a movie
C
On his thirteenth birthday, he saw Rebel Without A Cause
F
He went straight on home and invented Santa Claus
G
Who gave him a gift and he responded in kind
C
He gave the gift of love and went out of his mind
C
You see, him and the wife wasn't getting along
F
So he took out his guitar and he wrote a song
G
Called 'The Dove Of Love Fell Off The Perch'
C
But he couldn't get divorced in the Catholic Church
F
At least not back then, anyhow
C
Jesus was a good guy
He didn't need this shit
So he took a pill with a Coca-Cola
F
And he swallowed it
G
He discovered the Beatles
And he recorded with The Stones
Once he even opened up a three-way package
C
For old George Jones
[Chorus]
C F
Charlie bought some popcorn, Billy bought a car
G C
Someone almost bought the farm, but they didn't go that far
C F
Things shut down at midnight, at least round here they do
G C
'Cause we all reside down the block inside of...23 Skidoo
[Verse 3]
C
The years went by like sweet little days
F
With babies crying pork chops and Beaujolais
G
When he woke up, he was seventeen
C
The world was angry, the world was mean
C
Why, the man down the street and the kid on the stoop
F
All agreed that life stank, all the world smelled like poop
G
Baby poop, that is
C
The worst kind
G
So he grew his hair long and he threw away his comb
C
Headed back to Jerusalem to find Mom and Dad and home
C
But when he got there, the cupboard was bare
F
Except for an old black man with a fishing rod
G
He said, "What you gonna be when you grow up?"
Jesus said, "God"
C
Oh my God, what have I gotten myself into?
F
I'm a human corkscrew and all my wine is blood
G C
They're gonna kill me, Mama, they don't like me, Bud
C
So Jesus went to Heaven, he went there awful quick
F
All them people killed him, he wasn't even sick
G
So, come and gather around me, my contemporary peers
F G C
And I'll tell you all the story of Jesus: The Missing Years
[Chorus]
C F
Charlie bought some popcorn, Billy bought a car
G C
Someone almost bought the farm, but they didn't go that far
C F
Things shut down at midnight, at least round here they do
G C
'Cause we all reside down the block inside at 23...Skidoo
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