Jesus Christ-Woody Guthrie

[ti:Jesus Christ] [ar:Woody Guthrie] [al:Blues Masters-Vol. 12] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.43]Jesus Christ - Woody Guthrie [00:01.06]Written by：Guthrie [00:01.48] [00:05.45]Jesus Christ was a man that traveled through the land [00:09.73] [00:10.43]Hard working man and brave [00:13.77] [00:14.44]He said to the rich give your goods to the poor [00:18.29]So they laid Jesus Christ in His Grave [00:21.95] [00:24.67]Yes Jesus was a man a carpenter by hand [00:28.96]His followers true and brave [00:32.55] [00:33.35]One dirty coward called Judas Iscariot [00:37.32]Laid poor Jesus in His Grave [00:40.70] [00:43.20]He went to the preacher he went to the sheriff [00:47.30]Told them all the same [00:51.42]Sell all of your jewelry and give it to the poor [00:55.18]So they laid Jesus Christ in His Grave [00:58.63] [01:05.10]When Jesus come to town all the working folks around [01:09.17]Believed what he did say [01:12.92] [01:13.44]The bankers and the preachers they nailed him on the cross [01:17.14]And they laid Jesus Christ in His Grave [01:20.62] [01:22.13]And the working people followed him around [01:25.72] [01:26.26]Singing and shouting gay [01:29.81]But the cops and soldiers nailed him in the air [01:33.74]And they laid Jesus Christ in His Grave [01:37.19] [01:42.52]Well the people held their breath when they heard about his death [01:46.13] [01:46.88]Everybody wondered why [01:50.59]It was the landlord and the soldiers that they hired [01:54.38]To nail Jesus Christ in the sky [01:57.50] [02:00.09]This song was made in New York City [02:04.19]Of rich man and preachers and slaves [02:07.63] [02:08.24]If Jesus was to preach like he preached in Galillee [02:11.81]They would lay Jesus Christ in His Grave [02:14.95] [02:19.54]Yes Jesus was a man and a carpenter by hand [02:23.55]His followers true and brave [02:26.89] [02:27.63]One dirty coward called Judas Iscariot [02:31.10]As laid poor Jesus in His Grave