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