Oh Jerusalem, Lauryn Hill Don’t really know the names of the chords, Em/B A F? C Ab F# E -7----5---5---8--|-4---2--------|------------|------------| B -8----5---6---8--|-4---2--------|------------|------------| G -9----6---7---9--|-5---3--------|------------|------------| D -9----7---7---10-|-6---4--------|------------|------------| A -7----7---5---10-|-6---4--------|------------|------------| E -7----5---5---8--|-4---2--------|------------|------------| Repeat the first 2 chords Em/B A Oh Jerusalem yeah, oh Jerusalem, oh Jerusalem, oh Jerusalem... Realizing that there's no place else to go And there's nobody I know who can help here Text book solutions are so improbable Cuz everybody else is just as empty Naked as the day that I was born, I tried to hide Behind education and philosophy Hopeless explanation to describe a situation I can't see because the world's on top of me Oh wretched man that I am, who will deliver me From the body of this death Freeing me from dust, and the superficial trust Of an enemy that seeks to take my breath F? Em/B Failing to connect, cuz I'm morally defect C F? By reason of the God inside my head F? Em/B Causing me to see, only what pertains to me C F? Believing I'm alive when I'm still dead Em/B A Limited to earth, unable to find out my worth Cuz I can't see past my own vanity If I'm not included, then I just have to remove it From my mind because it has to be insanity Oh wretched man that I am, who will deliver me From the body of this death Can I even factor, that I've only been an actor In this staged interpretation of this day Focused on the shadow, with my back turned to the light Too intelligent to see it's me in the way F? Em/B What a paradox, having God trapped in a box C F? All this time professing to be spiritual F? Em/B Naturally pretending, that I'm actually defending C F? God through my façade, only material A Ab F# Oh Jerusalem, wash thy heart from wickedness That thou may be saved from thy deception How long, shall thy vain thoughts lodge within thee, oh Jerusalem Keeping thee from perfection Em/B A Submit to truth, leave the deception of thy youth So we can walk in the council of authority Forget the proof, a generation so aloof Only following the steps of the majority F? Em/B Trust in the Lord, with all thy heart C F? And lean not to thine own understanding in all thy ways F? Em/B Acknowledge Him, and He shall direct your paths C F? Be not wise in thine own eyes that you can’t follow him Em/B A We judge and condemn, just as ignorant as them Who religion tells us that we should ignore Perpetrating we're in covenant with Him Exposed by the very things that we adore We grin and shake hands, then lay ambush for the man Who has a different point of view than us Infuriated cuz he doesn't understand Bringing up those things we don't want to discuss Why still do evil, we don't know how to do good Walking on in darkness running from the light, ey Led to believe, because we live in neighborhoods Telling us what's going on will be alright F? Em/B Oh so repressed, so convinced that I was blessed C F? When I played with my game of Monopoly F? Em/B Oh to suggest, that my life is still a mess C F? To reveal the pride I'm hiding is what's stopping me A Ab F# Oh Jerusalem, wash thy heart from wickedness That thou may be saved from thy deception How long, shall thy vain thoughts lodge within thee, oh Jerusalem Keeping them from perfection Em/B A Abide in me and I in you, as the branch cannot bare Fruit of itself except in the vine I am the vine, ye are the branches, He that live in me And I in him, the same bring forth much fruit F? Em/B But without me, you can do nothing, oh Jerusalem C F? You're traditions have deceived you F? Em/B I've chosen you, you haven't chosen me C F? And whatsoever, you ask in my name he may give to you Em/B A But in vain they call my name, teaching doctrines just the same Justified among themselves But God knoweth the heart, what man esteems as smart Is an abomination to Emmanuel F? Em/B Just repent, turn from selfish motivation C F? So iniquity will not cause your demise F? Em/B Make you a new heart and a new spirit for why would He die C F? Oh Jerusalem, please tell me why Em/B A I have no pleasure in the death of Him to die Says the Lord God whereforth turn yourselves and live It's not the talkers, but the walkers in His word Are the only ones the Father will forgive A Ab F# Oh Jerusalem, wash thy heart from wickedness That thou may be saved from thy deception How long, shall thy vain thoughts lodge within thee, oh Jerusalem Providing you no protection Oh Jerusalem... lucas gijsberts