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[Verse 1]

Bm                                        Em
Man you should have seen me way back then
Bm                                        F#7
I could tell a tale, I could make it spin
        Em
I could tell you black was white
        Bm
I could tell you day was night
                                  F#7
Not only that I could tell you why
                                    Bm
Back then I could really tell a lie


[Verse 2]

         Bm                                 Em
Well I'd hire a kid to say that he was lame
         Bm                               F#7
Then I'd touch him and make him walk again
         Em                           Bm
Then I'd pull some magic trick I'd pretend to heal the sick
                                        F#7
I was takin' everything they had to give
                                      Bm
It wasn't all that bad a way to live


[Verse 3]

         Bm                                      Em
Well I'm in this desert town and it's hot as hell
    Bm                                F#7
But no one's buyin' what I got to sell
  Em                      Bm
I make my lame kid walk I make a dumb guy talk
                                           F#7
I'm preachin' up a storm both night and day
                                      Bm
But everyone just turns and walks away


[Verse 4]

           Bm                             Em
Well I can see that I'm only wasting time
     Bm                                     F#7
So I head across the road to drink some wine
         Em
This old man comes up to me
          Bm
He says I seen you on the street
                                     F#7
You're pretty good if I do say myself
                                                      Bm
But the guy come thru last month he was somethin' else


[Verse 5]

           Bm                             Em
Instead of callin' out for fire from above
         Bm                                  F#7
He just gets real quiet and talks about love
         Em
And I'll tell you somethin' funny
          Bm
He didn't want nobody's money
                                             F#7
Now I'm not exactly sure what this all means
                                                  Bm
But it's the damndest thing I swear I've ever seen


[Solo]

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[Verse 6]

     Bm                                    Em
Well since that time every town is the same
        Bm                                  F#7
I can't make a dime, I don't know why I came
    Em
I decide I'll go and find him
    Bm
And find out who's behind him
                                            F#7
He has everyone convinced that he's for real
                                       Bm
Well I figure we can work us out a deal


[Verse 7]

      Bm                        Em
So he offers me a job and I say fine
   Bm                                   F#7
He says I'll get paid off on down the line
       Em
Well I guess I'll string along
              Bm
Don't see how too much can go wrong
                                             F#7
As long as he pays my way I guess I'll follow
                                   Bm
We're headed for Jerusalem tomorrow 


[Outro]

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