Hi - these are the chords printed in Hard-Hitting Songs for Hard-Hit People, by Lomax, Guthrie, and Seeger (1967)
JESUS CHRIST
(Woody Guthrie)
G C G
Jesus Christ was a man who traveled through the land
D
Hard working man and brave
G C
He said to the rich, "Give your goods to the poor."
D
So they laid Jesus Christ in his grave.
C G
Jesus was a man, a carpenter by hand
D
His followers true and brave
G C G
One dirty little coward called Judas Iscariot
D G
Has laid Jesus Christ in his grave
Complete lyrics are here (click) in the Digital Tradition.
-Joe Offer-