Jerusalem Chords & Tabs

by Matisyahu

[Content]
Artist: Matisyahu
Song: Jerusalem (Out of Darkness Comes Light)
Album: Youth
Capo 1

[Intro]
Em C G D
Em C G D

[Verse 1]
          Em                                       
Now, the ancient days, we will return with no delay
C                                              
Pickin' up the bounty and the spoils on our way
G                                         
We've been travelin' a-from state to state
         D                             
And them don't understand what they say
Em                             
3,000 years with no place to be
      C                                  
Them 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]
  Em                       
Jerusalem, if I forget you,
C                                 
Fire not gon' come from me tongue.
  G                        
Jerusalem, if I forget you,
D                                                
Let my right hand forget what it's supposed to do
  Em                       
Jerusalem, if I forget you,
C                                 
Fire not gon' come from me tongue.
  G                        
Jerusalem, if I forget you,
D                                                
Let my right hand forget what it's supposed to do

[Verse 2]
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 past 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                        
Jerusalem, if I forget you,
C                                 
Fire not gon' come from me tongue.
  G                        
Jerusalem, if I forget you,
D                                                
Let my right hand forget what it's supposed to do
 Em                        
Jerusalem, if I forget you,
C                                 
Fire not gon' come from me tongue.
  G                        
Jerusalem, if I forget you,
D                                                
Let my right hand forget what it's supposed to do

[Verse 3]
             Em                                               
Said they're caught up in the ways, and the world's gone craze
           G                                             
Them don't know it's just a phase, case of the Simon says
   Bm                                        
If I forget the truth, a word won't penetrate
                       F#m                              
Babylon burnin' 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 okay,
  F#m           
Okay, not no way

[Bridge]
Em                                
Ain't no one gonna break my stride
C                          G   
Ain't no one gonna pull me down
         D                    
Oh no, I got to keep on movin'
Em                                  
Ain't no one a-gonna break my stride
C                             G  
Ain't no one a-gonna pull me down
         D                         
Oh no, I got to keep on movin', say

[Chorus]
 Em                        
Jerusalem, if I forget you,
C                                 
Fire not gon' come from me tongue.
  G                        
Jerusalem, if I forget you,
D                                                
Let my right hand forget what it's supposed to do
 Em                        
Jerusalem, if I forget you,
C                                 
Fire not gon' come from me tongue.
  G                        
Jerusalem, if I forget you,
D                                                
Let my right hand forget what it's supposed to do

[Outro]
  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

[Outro]
Em C G D