Artist: Matisyahu
Song: Jerusalem (Out of Darkness Comes Light)
Album: Youth
Capo 1
Em C G D x2
Em
In the ancient days, we will return with no delay
C
Picking up the bounty and the spoils on our way
G
We've been traveling from state to state
D
And them don't understand what they say
Em
3,000 years with no place to be
C
And they want me to give up my milk and honey
G
Don't you see, it's not about the land or the sea
D
Not the country but the dwelling of his majesty
Chorus: x2
Em
Jerusalem, if I forget you,
C
Fire not gonna come from me tongue.
G
Jerusalem, if I forget you,
D
Let my right hand forget what it's supposed to do
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Em
Rebuild the temple and the crown of glory
C
Years gone by, about sixty
G
We were burned in the oven in this century
D
And the gas tried to choke, but it couldn't choke me
Em
I will not lie down, I will not fall asleep
C
So they come overseas, yes they're trying to be free
G
Erase the demons out of our memory
D
Change your name and your identity
Em
Afraid of the truth and our dark history
C
Why is everybody always chasing we
G
Cut off the roots of your family tree
D
Don't you know that's not the way to be
Chorus
Em
Caught up in these ways, and the worlds gone craze
G
Don't you know it's just a phase, cause of the Simon says
Bm
If I forget the truth then my words won't penetrate
F#m
Babylon burning in the place, can't see through the haze
Em
Chop down all of them dirty ways,
G
That's the price that you pay for selling lies to the youth
Bm
No way, not ok, oh
F#m
No way, not ok, hey
Em
Aint no one gonna break my stride
C G
Aint no one gonna pull me down x2
D
Oh no, I got to keep on moving
Chorus x2
Em C
Jerusalem If I forget You
G D
Jerusalem If I forget You
Em C
Jerusalem If I forget You
G D
Jerusalem If I forget You
Em C G D
