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