Son Of Jesus Chords & Tabs
From Long John Silver (1972).
In B Minor. Jorma solos in B Minor Pentatonic
G D A
G D Em A
G D A
Bm D A
Dances over me, any man’s story
Bm D
Jesus had a son by Mary Magdalene
A D Bm
And he rode the land like the man who went before
Bm D
Young Jesus raised him proud, Mother Mary raised him proud
A D Bm
And he tracked down the men who laid his father down
Bm D Bm A
One day the Pilate died with the fire in his side
F#m G
Herod did die too, not the way wanted to
A Bm D
Y’see the child knew the secrets of Egypt and Isis
(improvise with chords in B Minor)
I bet some jews
Yeah, some jews are foxier, foxier than you
Yes they are
Any man's story, dances over me
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Bm D
Magdalene remembered when the people smiled and had been looser
A D Bm
Looser than they'd been since the day young Jesus died
Bm D
Public execution enhanced by levitation
A D Bm
Fancy mutilation for two thousand years of time
G D A
Jesus could walk on the water
G D Em A
The man could dance on the Sea of Galilee
G D A
Don’t you try breathin’ in that water
G
Miracles go only so far, you see
G D A
G D Em A
G D A
G
Bm D
So you think young Jesus Christ never fucked a lady
A D Bm
And you think young Mary never saw him smile wide & free
Bm D
You won’t read it in the bible, but if you look you’re liable
A D Bm
To come across the truth about a man from Galilee
Bm D
She raised the man upon the water, they had son they had a daughter
A D Bm
She hid them from the slaughter in the deep Black Sea
G D A
God loved the bastard son of Jesus
G D Em A
Ol’ God got off on the sparklin’ daughter, too yes he did
G D A
Jesus could walk on the water
G D Em A
The man could dance on the Sea of Galilee
G D A
Watch him dance, watch him dance, watch him dance
