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by Kris Kristofferson


************** JESUS WAS A CAPRICORN *************

written and performed by Kris Kristofferson

Version of his live at the Philarmonic in 1972.Except the introduction there's
 not a lot of difference with the album version.

Capo on the second fret


Intro:

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Verse 1:
	  
	Jesus was a Capricorn
	    		 
	He ate organic foods

	He believed in love and peace
	    	            
	And never want no shoes


Verse 2:
	  
	Long hair beard and sandles
	      			
	And a funky bunch of friends

	Recon ages made him up
	  		  
	If he come down again

Chorus:
	     				     
	'Cause everybody's got to have somebody to look down on
	     			       	  
	Who to came feel better than anytime be pleased
	     				     
	Someone doin' somethin' dirty decent folks can frown on
	     			      		  
	You can find nobody else and help yourself to me


Verse 3:
	 
	Egg Head's causen Red neck's cousin
	   		   
	Hippies fall their hair

	Others laugh at straights who laugh at
	 		       
	Freaks who laugh at squares


Verse 4:
	 
	Some folks hate the Whites
	     				  
	Who hate the Blacks who hate the Clams

	Most of us hate anything that
	 		
	We don't understand


Chorus

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Perret Charles.