Verse:
A E7sus4 A E7sus4
I keep thinking that you are going to change
A E7sus4 A E7sus4
I keep thinking that you are going to rearrange
D E A A7
But I'm a fool to think something so impossible
D
You ain't ever gonna change
A
You ain't ever gonna change
D7 A
Oh no, Jericho
E7
Until I blow
A E7sus4 A E7sus4
I keep thinking that you are going to write
A E7sus4 A E7sus4
I keep thinking that you are going to compromise
D E A A7
But I'm a fool to think something so improbable
D
You ain't ever gonna rise
A D7
You ain't ever gonna rise, oh no
A E7 A E7sus4 A E7sus4 A E7sus4 A
Jericho, until I take you by surprise
Bridge:
Am Dm G
Baby, I know that you're too sad to cry
G7 C
My little darling, guess what? So am I
Am Dm E
Still I believe we ought to shed a tear
E7 Am
The open hearted have no thing to fear
Am Dm G
But I don't even think you hear me at all
G7 C
Under your medieval ceiling behind your biblical wall
Am Dm E
Guess I'll have to put my trumpet back in the case
E7 Am
And get behind this here canon covered in lace
Dm G
Covered in lace, Covered in lace
Verse:
A E7sus4 A E7sus4
I keep thinking that you are going to change
A E7sus4 A E7sus4
I keep thinking that you are going to rearrange
D E A A7
But I'm a fool to think something so impossible
D
You ain't ever gonna change
A
You ain't ever gonna change
D7 A
Oh no, Jericho
E7
Until I blow