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