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