Jesus Was A Capricorn

jesus was a capricorn written & performed by kris kristofferson tuning : standard ( eadgbe ) sounds good fingerpicked , country - style , with alternating bass and fills . v1 . D G D jesus was a capricorn , he ate organic food , E A he believed in love and peace and never wore no shoes; D G D long hair , beard and sandals and a funky bunch of friends , A D reckon they just nailed him up so he’d come down again . Chorus : G D cause everybody’s got to have somebody to look down on , A G D those they can be better than at any time they please , G D some folks doin’ something dirty decent folks can frown on , A G D if you can’t find nobody else , then help yourself to me . v2 . D G D eggheads fussin , ’ rednecks cussin , ’ hippies for their hair , E A others laugh at straights , who laugh at freaks , who laugh at squares; D G D some folks hate the whites , who hate the blacks , who hate the klan , A D most of us hate anything that we don’t understand . ( repeat Chorus )