Key: E
Introduction:
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."