nd Fret
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He came into the shop and looked me straight between the eyes
D C
And said, "You know I'm Jesus", and I must have looked surprised
D C
Because he said, "Please don't be hasty, no-one understands
G C
But I've got a way to prove it", and he lifted up his hands
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He was the man who called himself Jesus
C
For a minute I was speechless, then I looked into his face
D C
With sufficient lines of sadness for the total human race
D C
And I said, "You must be joking", but he slowly shook his head
G C
And said "That's what they all say, I might as well be dead."
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He was the man who called himself Jesus
C
He asked me if I knew a place where he could start to preach
D C
And I said "Well try a church, or maybe Brighton Beach"
D C
And I was trying to be serious, but he didn't seem impressed
G C
He said, "You think I'm crazy, you're just like all the rest."
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He was the man who called himself Jesus
C
I was really quite embarrassed, he was looking so sincere
D C
So I said, "I close the shop soon, won't you come and have a beer?"
D C
Then he asked me if I meant it, and he gave a funny smile
G C
And said he'd rather like that, and he hung around awhile
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He was the man who called himself Jesus
C
On the way he stopped to pat little children's heads
D C
And taught them one line prayers to say, when they went off to their beds
D C
But mostly they were frightened and they looked at him wide-eyed
G C
And when he said his name was Jesus, one girl even cried
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He was the man who called himself Jesus
C
In the pub I asked him, if he'd tried to see the Pope
D C
And he said although he'd thought about it, there was really not a hope
D C
Then he said he thought he'd better go, he had some work to do
G C
He said he'd come and see me in about a week or two
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He was the man who called himself Jesus
C
Well after he had gone, I thought of what he'd said
D C
And all his funny actions, they kept running through my head
D C
And when I felt my mind was drowning in a sea of mud
G C
It seemed his pint of beer had turned into a pint of blood
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He was the man who called himself Jesus
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He was the man who called himself Jesus