Intro: A E 


[Verso 1]

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Jesus was an Atheist he was a friend of mine 
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We hooked up in temple back in Roman Palestine 
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We became friends it was the best of both worlds 
      A 
I was good at stealing silver he was good at bullyin' girls 
   E 
He said they're going to kill me when we go out smokin' 
  A 
I thought he meant the cigarettes 
    E                   A E 
But Jesus wasn't jokin' 


[Verso 2]

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Mary was a pragmatist and virgin rolled in one 
    A 
One day she said to Joseph Joe, I think the time has come 
     A 
Your boy needs to get a job try the laundromat" 
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Joseph said, "he ain't my boy  think we settled that" 
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Mary said something about semantics with a smile 
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Joe said, "I'm going drinkin' 
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I'll be back in a little while"  


[Verso 3]

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I heard somebody say esus was a Capricorn 
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Jesus told me once on the day he was born 
  D 
A giant super nova exploded in the sky 
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He said he didn't know what it was supposed to signify 
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I lost touch with him and he lost touch with me 
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The next thing I remember 
       E         A    E 
He was big in Galilee 


[Verso 4]

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We were walkin' in the desert trading big hits from a bong 
     A 
They said it was 40 days it didn't seem that long 
      D 
I was trying to talk him out of such a pointless sacrifice 
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He said it was the only way he got to paradise 
  E 
I said, "You might be high" he said I was mistaken 
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But watching him die 
    E                   A E 
Was truly heartbreakin' 


[Verso 5]

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Jesus descended I guess you'd call it that 
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I'm down here, baby what the hell you lookin' at? 
  D 
I sometimes wonder if we'd stay friends 
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How am I to change the way this party ends? 
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I know you all believe that Jesus was divine 
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Jesus was an atheist 
   E 
He was a friend of mine 


Outro: A