Before Jessie Died chords by Tom T. Hall

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Verse 1
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She sat on the bar stool,
she smoked and she drank
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Till the past became clear and
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the future went blank
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In the path she regains all
her beauty and pride
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But that was before Jessie died
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Verse 2
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Jessie, her husband was small,
he was lean
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Drove a big yellow
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earth moving machine
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They had a new pick- up,
the joy of their lives
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But that was before Jessie died
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Verse 3
She used to go shopping
for pretty young clothes
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And her hair done Thursdays
and her nails and her toes
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And on weekends they danced
till the first morning light
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But that was before Jessie died
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Verse 4
On weekends they'd cook out
and watch all the games
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Jessie knew all of the best players names
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The sunshine so bright it
put tears in your eyes
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But that was before Jessie died
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Verse 5
When Jessie got sick he was
thirty years old
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They said, "It ain't nothing
but a little light cold"
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And he worked till the pain
wouldn't ease or subside
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And that was before Jessie died
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Verse 6
Now she sits on the stool with
a glass in her hand
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She smiles and she talks
to a travelin' man
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And there was time she would
turn down a ride
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But that was before Jessie died
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Verse 7
She sat on the bar stool,
she smoked and she drank
D 
'Till the past  became clear
and the future went blank
G 
In the path she regains all her
beauty and pride
But that was before Jessie died