The Rebel Jesus by Jackson Browne
Key: DD | Capo: 0fr |  Left-Handed 

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All the streets are filled with laughter and light
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And the music of the season
          D
And the merchants' windows are all bright
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With the faces of the children
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And the families hurrying to their homes
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As the sky darkens and freezes
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We'll be gathering around their hearths and tables
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Giving thanks for God's graces
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And the birth of the rebel Jesus


           D
Well they call him by the prince of peace
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And they call him by the savior
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And they pray to him upon the seas
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And in every bold endeavor
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And they fill His churches with their pride and gold
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As their faith in Him increases
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But they've turned the nature that I worshipped in
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From a temple to a robber's den
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In the words of the rebel Jesus


Instrumental

 
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We guard our world with locks and guns
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And we guard our fine possessions
     D
And once a year when Christmas comes
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We give to our relations
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And perhaps we give a little to the poor
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If the generosity should seize us
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But if any one of us should interfere
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In the business of why there are poor
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They get the same as the rebel Jesus


        D
But pardon me if I have seemed
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To take the tone of judgment
          D
For I've no wish to come between
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This day and your enjoyment
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In a life of hardship and of earthly toil
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There’s a need for anything that frees us
      G
So I bid you pleasure
       D
And I bid you cheer
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From a heathen and a pagan
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On the side of the rebel Jesus