Tono: E
Em
G
"What do I do next?" said the Bishop to the Priest,
A
C
D
"I have spent my whole life waiting, preparing for the feast,
Em
G
And now you say Jerusalem has fallen and is lost,
A
C
D
Em
The king of Heathen Saracen has seized the holy cross."
Em
G
Then the Priest said "Oh my Bishop, we must put them to the sword,
A
C
D
For God in all his mercy will find a just reward,
Em
G
For the noble men and sinners, and knights of ready hand
A
C
D
Em
-D
Who will be the Lord's crusader, send word through all the land,
C
D
Em
-D
Jerusalem is lost,
C
D
Em
-D
Jerusalem is lost,
C
D
Em
Jerusalem is lost;"
"Tell me what to do", said the King upon his throne,
C
D
Em
-F
Jerusalem is lost"...
Am
F
Ooh, high on a hill, in the town of Jerusalem,
G
Am
F
There stood Saladin, the king of the Saracens,
G
E7/G#
Am
G
F
Whoring and drinking and snoring and sinking, around him his army lay,
C
E7
Am
Secure in the knowledge that he had won the day;
F
A messenger came, blood on his feet and a wound in his chest,
G
Am
F
"The Christians are coming!" he said, "I have seen their cross in the West,"
G
In a rage Saladin struck him down with his knife
Am
G
F
And he said "I know that this man lies,
C
E7
Am
They quarrel too much, the Christians could never unite!
F
G
Am
F
E
I am invincible, I am the king,
F
G
Am
F
G
Am
-G
-F
-G
I am invincible, and I will win..."
Close they came, the army of Richard the Lionheart,
C
D
Em
-D
Jerusalem is lost,
C
D
Em
-D
Jerusalem is lost,
C
D
C
Jerusalem is lost...
D
E
Jerusalem."