Chords for Merle Haggard - Jesus Christ

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_ Jesus _ Christ was a man that traveled through the land, a _ carpenter true and [C] _
brave.
_ _ And he [F] said to the rich, [C] give your [F] goods to the poor, and they laid [C] Jesus _ Christ in the [F] grave.
_ _ He went to the sick, and he went to the poor, and he went to the hungry [C] and the lame. _
_ And [F] he said that to meek would inherit the whole world, and they laid Jesus [C] Christ in [F] the grave.
_ _ _ _ [A] One day Jesus [F] stopped [C] _ [Bb] at a rich [F] man's door, what must [C] I [F] do [C] to be _ saved? _ _ _
Take all [F] you own [C] and [Bb] give it to the poor, [C] [F] and they laid Jesus [C] Christ [F] in the grave. _ _
_ _ [C] When the [F] love of the poor _ [C] shall one [Bb] day turn [C] to hate, [F]
when the patience of the workers [C] give away,
_ _ would be [F] better for the rich [C] if they'd [F] never been born, so they laid Jesus [C] Christ in [F] the grave.
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_ _ [F] _ _ _ [Bb] When Jesus came to town, all the working folks [F] around _ believed [C] what [F] he did [C] _ say. _ _
But _ [A] bankers and [F] preachers nailed him to the cross, and they laid Jesus [C] Christ [F] in the grave. _ _
_ _ Well the people [C] held their [F] breath _ [Bb] when they heard about his [F] death, and _ everybody _ [C] wondered _ why.
_ Was [F] the landlord and _ soldiers, lawmen they had hired, that nailed Jesus [C]
Christ in [F] the sky? _ _ _
We [Bb] would lay Jesus _ [F] Christ in the grave, Lord, Lord, [Bb] we would lay [C] Jesus [F] Christ in the [C] grave. _
_ _ If [F] [C] Jesus preached today like [F] he preached in Galilee, we would lay Jesus Christ in his grave. _ _ _ _ _ _ _