Chords for Paul Thorn "800 Pound Jesus" - MusicFest 2015

_ _ Hey, uh, right before I came on stage tonight, uh, well, when I was sitting here tuning up,
a lady, a nice pretty lady came to the front of the stage and she's requesting a song.
And, uh,
I said, ma'am, I said, uh, it's a very, we're only going to get to do two songs a piece because of
the time.
I said, if I had more time, I'd do this song.
I felt kind of bad, but I didn't change my _ _ _ _
mind.
Cause you can't let women take over. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
But anyway, where is she at?
Where's she at?
What's your name, sweetheart?
_ _ What's that? _
_ Katie Jane.
_ Okay.
[Eb] Katie Jane.
Uh, I'm going to sing
this song she requested.
Uh, this [D] song is a, it's a song about a stat, a concrete [N] statue
of Jesus that stands in my daddy's yard.
[Dbm] And I'm not making this up.
It weighs 800 [Eb] pounds.
_ And so this song is called 800 pound Jesus. _ _ _
_ I _ _ _ _ _
_ [Ab] _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Ab] _ _
[Bb] _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ saw a barraza [Ab] pulled up in the [Eb] yard, found a statue of Jesus that was eight [Bb] feet tall.
[Eb] He held out his [Ab] arms and he seemed all alone.
[E] So I loaded him up and I drove him [Bb] home.
[Eb] Out by my driveway, [Ab] he looks down the street, [Eb] long hair and sandals made of rebar and concrete.
I painted him white with [Ab] a long purple robe.
[Eb] He's the rock of ages [Abm] on a gravel [Bb] road.
_ [Eb] He's an 800 pound Jesus [Ab] standing taller [Bb] than a tree.
_ _ [Ab] He's an [Eb]
800 pound Jesus,
a bigger man than you or me. _ _ _ _ _
_ [Ab] _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Ab] _ _ [Bb] _
_ [Eb] _ _ I thought losing my [Ab] job was the end of the world
[Eb] till my best pal ran off with my best girl.
I felt suicidal [Ab] with no real friends.
So I walked
[Eb] outside [Abm] with a rope in [Bb] my hand.
Out by [Eb] that statue, [Ab] there's a big old tree.
So [Eb] I stood on
his shoulders and I [Bb] counted to three.
[Eb] I had every intention [Ab] of buying the farm.
But [Eb] when I jumped
off, [Ab] he caught me in [Bb] his arms.
[Eb] He's an [Bb] 800 [Ab] pound [Eb] Jesus [Ab] standing taller than a [Bb] tree.
_ [Eb] He's an [Bb] 800
[Ab] _ pound Jesus, a bigger man [Eb] than you or me. _ _ _ _ _ _
[Ab] _ _ _ [Eb] _ [Ab] _ _ _ [Eb] _
_ _ _ I wanted to return [Ab] the favor to him because I [Eb] never had a
more solid [Bb] friend.
So I [Eb] planted some flowers [Ab] all around his feet [Eb] and I bought him a flock [Ab] of
_ [Eb] [Bb] ceramic sheep.
_ [Eb] He's an [Bb] 800 [Eb] pound Jesus [Ab] standing taller than [Bb] a tree.
_ [Eb] He's an [Bb] 800 [Eb] pound [Ab] [Eb] Jesus,
[Ab] a bigger man than [Bb] you [Eb] or me.
He's a bigger [Ab] [Eb] man than you or me.
_ _ _ _ [Bb] _ [Ab] _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Ab] _ _ [Bb] _
[Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
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