Jesus Wept

G   C   Em   D    G
C   D
G   C   Em   D
G   C   G

[Verse 1]
G                  C       
The day that Jesus arrived in 
     Em D      G
Jerusalem
                            C      
adventure almost over, the night he
         D
 hadn't slept
G                               C
Dreams and premonitions made him 
         Em  D
tired and emotional,
G               C     G
And that's why Jesus wept.

[Verse 2]
                               C   
He wasn't scared of dying, he'd 
       Em    D        G
made that commitment
Fulfilling the old prophecy, his 
C              D
bargain he had kept
        G                          
He was due some satisfaction, but 
C             Em   D
he was deeply troubled,
G               C     G
And that's why Jesus wept.

[Verse 3]
                                C  
Was this his true destiny, or could
             Em   D      G
 he still make changes,
                          C        
Someone else's nightmare into which
     D
 he'd stepped?
G                           C    
Damage limitation couldn't save 
     Em   D
the situation,
G                 D   G
And that's why Jesus wept.

[Verse 4]
In his dream he saw the crusade and 
C                 Em    D
all wars that would follow,
   G                          C   
Declared in his name when he 
             D
thought he'd been direct
    G                              
Love thy neighbour, do not kill, 
  C           Em   D
and turn the other cheek,
G               D     G
And that's why Jesus wept.

[Chorus 1]
    C             G      C  
He saw the inquisition and the 
                     G
burning of the saints,
          C          G          
The conversion of the innocents 
Am                D
he swore he would protect
   G                  C           
He saw them bless the bomb that 
            G
was dropped on Hiroshima,
Continues after the ad
              C      G
And that's why Jesus wept.

[Verse 5]
                              C  
Though Peter would betray him, he 
             Em D
made him the rock
   G                               
On which he would build his church 
      C                  D
to sort of keep him in his debt
 G                    C            
A man about to die is allowed some 
Em    D
confusion,
G              D      G
And that's why Jesus wept.

[Verse 6]
He thought of his disciples, 
 C           Em   D
especially of Judas,
     G                           
The job that was ordained for him 
         C            D
and the reward he'd collect
  G                            
He saw him in the tree with the 
C             Em     D
silver coins around him,
G               D     G
And that's why Jesus wept.

[Verse 7]
Then he thought about the good times
     C                 Em   D
 when he turned the tables over,
  G                                
Chastised the money lenders and he 
C                   D
earned the boy's respect
 G                              
He was proud of Godly anger, but 
 C            Em    D
ashamed of manly temper,
G               D     G
And that's why Jesus wept.

[Verse 8]
                           C       
Rumours started flying about water 
 Em   D
into wine,
 G                            C
Sight to the blind and that he'd 
                   D
even raised the dead
 G                         C      
The biggest miracle was that 
    Em      D
anyone believed it,
G              D     G
And that's why Jesus wept.

[Chorus 2]
C      G                      C 
Then he mused on human nature, 
                     G
how fickle were the public,
    C               G       Am   
So ready to accept him, so quick 
         D
now to reject
G                             C  
Where were the five thousand he 
                    Em
fed with loaves and fishes?
G               C     G
And that's why Jesus wept.

[Verse 9]
                               C 
In his dream he saw a garden with 
               Em   D
all his friends asleep,
  G                          C    
He walked away the hours until the
           D
 morning crept
  G                             C 
He wondered would the nails hurt, 
             Em     D
would he be man enough?
G              D     G
And that's why Jesus wept.

[Verse 10]
Was he supposed to bear it like a 
   C         Em  D
man or like a God,
   G                            
Would tears show a weakness or a 
 C                  D
strength by their effect?
   G                               
Would they be viewed as compassion 
 C                Em  D
or failure and self-pity?
G              D      G
And that's why Jesus wept.

[Verse 11]
Then he saw his houses burning on 
 C              Em   D
both sides of a border,
  G                               
Saw the guiltless suffer with the 
C               D
guilty and the rest
  G                                
And when they called his name and 
C                  Em   D
he knew he couldn't help them,
G           D     G
That's why Jesus wept.

[Chorus 3]
 C                     G          
Then he saw two armies marching 
      C           G
and he heard their crucifixes
C                G             
Reduced to superstitious muted 
Am                   D
jangling round their necks
     G                          
And he heard his name intoned as 
      C                  Em
they interred their companion,
G              C     G
And that's why Jesus wept.

[Verse 12]
Then he thought about his mother and
    C                  Em   D
 the stories she had told him,
  G                                
Who'd filled his dreams with 
   C                 D
angels, put voices in his head
  G                              
Then the scent of pine trees made 
     C                Em   D
him think of dear old Joseph,
G               D    G
And that's why Jesus wept.
            C    G
That's why Jesus wept.