Jesus Was An Only Son Chords
Jesus Was An Only Son by Bruce Springsteen is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of D. It uses the chords D, A, G and D/F#. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
INTRO: D A G D G A D
D D/F# G D
Well Jesus was an only son
G
As he walked up Calvry Hill
D D/F# G D
His mother Mary walking beside Him
G A D
In the path where His blood spilled
D D/F# G D
Jesus was an only son
G
In the hills of Nazareth
D D/F# G D
As He lay reading the Psalms of David
G A D
Well at His mother's feet
D D/F# G D
Mother prayed sleep tight my child sleep well
G
For I'll be at Your side
D D/F# G D
And no shadow, no darkness, no tolling bell
G A D
Shall pierce your dreams this night
INTRO
D D/F# G D
In the garden at Gethsemane
G
He prayed for the life He'd never live
D D/F# G D
He beseeched His heavenily Father to remove
G A D
The cup of death from His lips
D D/F# G D
There's a loss that can never be replaced
G
A destination that can never be reached
D D/F# G D
A light you'll never find in another's face
G A D
A sea whose distance cannot be breached
INTRO
D D/F# G D
Well Jesus kissed His mother's hands
G
And whispered Mother still your tears
D D/F# G D
For remember the soul of the universe
G A D
Willed a world and it appeared
OUTRO: VERSE CHORDS