Messin With Jesus Chords

KeyC CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays475

Messin With Jesus by Chris Janson is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, G and F. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
C
Text
16
Speed
  			
Intro: C 
 
Intro: lick             
e |-------------------------------------------------------------| 
B |-------------------------------------------------------------| 
G |---------------------------------------------5----5----------| 
D |---------------------------------------------5----5----------| 
A |--3---3----6----3-----6---3---3----3----6--------------------| 
E |-------------------------------------------------------------| 


Verse 

C 
Yeah cigarettes taste good to me 
C 
But the body is a temple I read so I 
G                        C 
I ain't messin' with Jesus 
C 
I love drivin' fast down a country road 
C 
But a voice in my head says take it slow 
G                           C 
So I, I ain't messin' with Jesus 

C 
I wanna keep him on my good side 
C 
Keep him on my bad side a little less of the time 
F 
I never plan on being perfect 
F 
I'm a back slidin' serpent of a man most of the time 
                G 
But I walk the line 
G                         F 
Until I get to the other side 
                           C 
No I ain't messin' with Jesus 


e |-------------------------------------------------------------| 
B |-------------------------------------------------------------| 
G |---------------------------------------------5----5----------| 
D |---------------------------------------------5----5----------| 
A |--3---3----6----3-----6---3---3----3----6--------------------| 
E |-------------------------------------------------------------| 

VERSE 

C 
Yeah, I got a dark side and I try to live right 
C 
So I stay up late and I pray all night 
G                                 C 
Cause I, I ain't messin' with Jesus  
C 
Yeah I wanna do wrong in the middle of right 
C 
I wanna get drunk and have a good fight 
G                              C            
But I, I ain't messin' with Jesus, nah 

C 
I wanna keep him on my good side 
C 
Keep him on my bad side a little less of the time 
F 
I never plan on being perfect 
F 
I'm a back slidin' serpent of a man most of the time 
                 G 
But I walk the line 
G                         F 
Until I get to the other side 
                          C 
No I ain't messin' with Jesus 

Instrumental  
C    F 

BRIDGE 
C 
Everything we do 
C 
You know he's gonna see us 
F 
So I don't mess with Jesus, nah 
C 
Everything we do 
C 
You know he's gonna see us 
F 
So I ain't messin' with Jesus 
C 
Hallelujah 

C 
I wanna keep him on my good side 
C 
Keep him on my bad side a little less of the time 
F 
I never plan on being perfect 
F 
I'm a back slidin' serpent of a man most of the time 
                G 
But I walk the line 
                          F 
Until I get to the other side 
                          C 
No I ain't messin' with Jesus 
C 
I wanna keep him on my good side 
C 
Keep him on my bad side a little less of the time 
F 
I never plan on being perfect 
F 
I'm a back slidin' serpent of a man most of the time 
                 G 
But I walk the line 
                           F 
Until I get to the other side 
                            C 
No I ain't messin' with Jesus 
INTRO RIFF 
                             C 
No I ain't messin' with Jesus 

OUTRO RIFF SAME AS INTO  
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
No microphone? You can still tap any string above to hear its exact reference pitch.

Metronome

100 BPM Andante