The Man Who Called Himself Jesus Chords by Strawbs

What am I to say?
[E] He was very interesting, very [D] praised.
_ _ [E] I'm sure he was sincere, I mean he was a poet.
But the [D] more I looked at him, I mean, there was something about [A] him.
_ He kept saying, you know_
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_ _ He came into the shop and [D] looked me straight between the eyes
[E] and said, you know, I'm Jesus.
[D] And I must have looked surprised because [E] he said,
please don't be hasty, [D]
no one understands.
[A] But I've got a way to prove it.
And in lifting up [D] his hands, he [A] was the latter,
called [E] himself Jesus.
_ For a minute I was speechless
[D] when I looked into his face
[E] with sufficient lines of sadness [D] for the total human race.
[E] And I said, you must be joking.
[D] And he slowly shook his head [A] and said,
that's what they all say, [D] I'll be dead.
[A] He was the latter, called [E] himself Jesus.
_ He asked me if I knew a [D] place where he could start to preach.
[E] And I said, well, try a church [D] or maybe Brighton Beach.
[E] And I'm trying to be serious, [D] but he didn't seem impressed.
[A] He said, you think I'm crazy?
You're just like [D] all the rest.
He [A] was the [D] latter, called [E] himself Jesus.
_ I was really quite embarrassed.
[D] He was looking so sincere.
[E] So I said, I close the shop soon.
[D] Won't you come and have a beer?
[E] Then he asked me if I meant it.
[D] And he gave a funny smile [A] and said,
he'd rather like that.
And he hung around a while.
He was the latter, called [E] himself Jesus.
_ _ On the way, he stopped [D] at little children's heads
[E] and taught them one line verse, [D] say,
when they went off to their beds.
[E] But mostly they loved Brighton, [D] and they looked at him wide-eyed.
[A] And when he said his name was Jesus, one girl [D] even cried.
He [A] was the latter, [D] called [E] himself Jesus.
_ In the papaya shed, [D] he tried to see the Pope.
[E] And he said, although he thought about it,
[D] there was really not a hope.
And [E] he said he thought he'd better go.
[D] He had some work to do.
[A] He said he'd come and see me in about a [D] week or two.
[A] He was the latter, [D] called [E] himself Jesus.
_ _ After he had gone, [D] I thought of what he said.
[E] And all this confusion, they [D] kept running through my head.
[E] And when I had lost my mind, was drowning [D] in a sea of mud,
[A] they seemed to find me, I'd turned into a [D] pint of blood.
[A] He was the latter, called [E] himself Jesus.
He [A] was the latter, [D] called [E] himself Jesus. _
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