Property Of Jesus

Written by: Bob Dylan
From: “Shot of love” (1981)
Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard
Capo: 1st fret
Play: A
Key: A
For chords in original key transpose +1 (and “use flats”)

Basic riff
  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +

Intro

| A | % | % | % |

Verse 1

A
Go ahead and talk about him because he makes you doubt
  A
Because he has denied himself the things that you can’t live without
A
Laugh at him behind his back just like the others do
  A
Remind him of what he used to be when he comes walkin’ through

Chorus

         F#m   E     D
He’s the property of Jesus
  F#m      E      D
Resent him to the bone
F#m     E         D
You got something better
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You’ve got a heart of stone
       N.C.

Verse 2

A
Stop your conversation when he passes on the street
A
Hope he falls upon himself, oh, won’t that be sweet
  A
Because he can’t be exploited by superstition anymore
  A
Because he can’t be bribed or bought by the things that you adore

Chorus

         F#m   E     D
He’s the property of Jesus
  F#m      E      D
Resent him to the bone
F#m        E         D
You’ve got something better
                      | A | % | % | % |
You’ve got a heart of stone
       N.C.

Verse 3

         A
When the whip that’s keeping you in line doesn’t make him jump
A
 Say he’s hard-of-hearin’, say that he’s a chump
A
Say he’s out of step with reality as you try to test his nerve
  A
Because he doesn’t pay no tribute to the king that you serve

Chorus

         F#m   E     D
He’s the property of Jesus
  F#m      E      D
Resent him to the bone
F#m        E         D
You’ve got something better
                      | A | % | % | % |
You’ve got a heart of stone
       N.C.

Verse 4

A
Say that he’s a loser ’cause he got no common sense
  A
Because he don’t increase his worth at someone else’s expense
  A
Because he’s not afraid of trying, say he’s got no style
          A
’Cause he doesn’t tell you jokes or fairy tales, say he’s failed to make you smile

Chorus

         F#m   E     D
He’s the property of Jesus
  F#m      E      D
Resent him to the bone
F#m        E         D
You’ve got something better
                      | A | % | % | % |
You’ve got a heart of stone
       N.C.

Interlude

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| A | % |

Verse 5

        A
You can laugh at salvation, you can play Olympic games
    A
You think that when you rest at last you’ll go back from where you came
           A
But you’ve picked up quite a story and you’ve changed since the womb
     A
What happened to the real you, you’ve been captured but by whom?

Chorus

         F#m   E     D
He’s the property of Jesus
  F#m      E      D
Resent him to the bone
F#m        E         D
You’ve got something better
                      | A | % | % | % |
You’ve got a heart of stone
       N.C.

Interlude

| A | % | % | % |

Chorus

         F#m   E     D
He’s the property of Jesus
  F#m      E      D
Resent him to the bone
F#m        E         D
You’ve got something better
                      | A | % | % | % |
You’ve got a heart of stone
       N.C.                 (repeat and fade)