Joshua Kadison, Jessie (1993)
Key: :[A] (w: Joshua Kadison)
INTRO: [A] [E/G#] [Bm] [D] :
[x2]
VERSE 1:
[A] From a phone booth in
[Bm] Vegas Jessie
[D] calls at five a.-
[A]-m.
To tell me that she's
[Bm] tired
[D] of all of
[A] them
She says 'Baby I've been
[Bm] thinking about a
[D] trailer by the
[A] sea
We can go to
[Bm] Mexico:
[D] you, the cat, and
[E] me
PRE-CHORUS 1:
We drink te-
[F#m]-quila
[E] and look for
[D] seashells
Now
[F#m] doesn't
[E] that sound
[D] sweet?
[F#m] Jessie, you
[E] always
[D] do this
Every time I get back on my
[E] feet
[D] [E] [D] [E]
CHORUS 1:
[A] Jessie, paint your
[D] pictures, about
[A] how it's gonna
[D] be
By
[A] now I should know
[D] better, your
[E] dreams are never
[F#m] free
[E]
But
[A] tell me all a-
[D]-bout our little
[A] trailer by the
[D] sea
[A] Jessie you can
[D] always sell
[E] any dream to
[F#m] me
[E]
[A] Jessie you can
[D] always sell
[E] any dream to
[A] me
BREAK: [A] [E/G#] [Bm] [D] :
[x2]
VERSE 2:
She
[A] asks me how the
[Bm] cat's been, I say
[D] Moses, he's just
[A] fine
He used to think a-
[Bm]-bout you
[D] all the
[A] time
We
[A] finally took your
[Bm] pictures
[D] down from the
[A] wall
Jessie how do you
[Bm] always seem to
[D] know just
[E] when to call?
PRE-CHORUS 2:
She says:
[F#m] get your
[E] stuff to-
[D]-gether
Bring
[F#m] Mose' and
[E] drive real
[D] fast
And
[F#m] listening
[E] to her
[D] promise
I swear to God this time it's gonna
[E] last
[D] [E] [D] [E]
CHORUS 2:
[A] Jessie, paint your
[D] pictures, about
[A] how it's gonna
[D] be
By
[A] now I should know
[D] better, your
[E] dreams are never
[F#m] free
[E]
But
[A] tell me all a-
[D]-bout our little
[A] trailer by the
[D] sea
[A] Jessie you can
[D] always sell
[E] any dream to
[A] me
BRIDGE:
I
[F#m] love you
[E] in the
[D] sunshine
Lay you
[F#m] down in the
[E] warm white
[D] sand
And
[F#m] who knows
[E] maybe
[D] this time
Things may turn out just the way you
[E] planned
[D] [E] [D] [E]
CHORUS 3:
[A] Jessie, paint your
[D] pictures, about
[A] how it's gonna
[D] be
By
[A] now I should know
[D] better, your
[E] dreams are never
[F#m] free
[E]
But
[A] tell me all a-
[D]-bout our little
[A] trailer by the
[D] sea
[A] Jessie you can
[D] always sell
[E] any dream to
[F#m] me
[E]
[A] Jessie you can
[D] always sell
[E] any dream to
[A] me
OUTRO: [A] [E/G#] [Bm] [D] :
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