Rebel Jesus chords

CAPO: 2nd Fret

[INTRO]
[G] [C] [D] [G] [G6] [Em] [C] [D] [G]

[VERSE 1]

All the streets are filled with laughter and light
And the [C]music of the [D]season
And the [G]merchants' windows are all bright
With the [G6]faces of the [Em]children
And the [C]families hurrying [G]to their homes
As the [C]sky darkens and [G]freezes
We'll be [C]gathering around their [G]hearths and tables
Giving [Em]thanks for good [D]graces
And the [C]birth of the [D]rebel [G]Jesus

[VERSE 1]

They call him by the prince of peace
And they [C]call him by the [D]saviour
And they [G]pray to him upon the seas
And in [G6]every bold endea[Em]vour
And they [C]fill his churches with their pride and [G]gold
As their [C]faith in him in[G]creases
But they've [C]turned the nature that I worshipped [G]in
From a [Em]temple to a [D]robber's den
In the [C]words of the [D]rebel [G]Jesus

[VERSE 3]

We guard our world with locks and guns
And we [C]guard our fine pos[D]sessions
And [G]once a year when Christmas comes
We [G6]give to our re[Em]lations
And per[C]haps we give a little to the [G]poor
If the [C]generosity should [G]seize us
But if [C]any one of us should [G]interfere
In the [Em]business of [D]why there are poor
They get the [C]same as the [D]rebel [G]Jesus

[VERSE 4]

But pardon me if I have seemed
To [C]take the tone of [D]judgment
For I've [G]no wish to come between
This [G6]day and your en[Em]joyment
In a [C]life of hardship and of [G]earthly toil
There’s a [C]need for anything that [G]frees us
So I [C]bid you pleasure
And I [G]bid you cheer
From a [Em]Heathen and a [D]Pagan
On the [C]side of the [D]rebel [G]Jesus