Jesse chords by Janis Ian

SimplifiedCsus2 · G · Bb · Gm · Asus4 …

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Csus2
G
Bb
Gm
Asus4
A
C
Em
Dm
F
E
Am

Intro 1

Verse 1
C 
Csus2 
 (C major) Jesse come home  (Csus2) 
C 
Em 
G 
 (C major) There's  (E minor) a hole in the bed  (G major) 
Gm 
Where  (G minor) we slept
Bb 
Asus4 
A 
 (B flat major) Now it's growing  (Asus4) cold      (A major) 
Dm 
Hey  (D minor) jesse, your face
F 
In the place  (F major) where we lay
Dm 
G 
By  (D minor) the hearth,  (G major) all apart
C 
E 
It  (C major) hangs on my  (E major) heart
A 
Dm 
And I'm  (A major) leaving the light on the stairs  (D minor) 
G 
C 
A 
No I'm not scared  (G major) - I wait for  (C major) you  (A major) 
Dm 
G 
Hey jesse,  (D minor) I'm  (G major) lonely,
C 
Csus2 
come home  (C major)  (Csus2) 
C 
G 
 (C major) Jesse, the floors and the boards  (G major) 
Bb 
Gm 
Recalling your  (B flat major) step  (G minor) 
Bb 
Asus4 
A 
And  (B flat major) I   remem (Asus4) ber,     too  (A major) 
Dm 
All the  (D minor) pictures are fading
F 
And shaded  (F major) in grey
G 
But I  (G major) still set a place
C 
E 
On the  (C major) table at noon  (E major) 
A 
Dm 
And I'm  (A major) leaving a light on the  (D minor) stairs
G 
No I'm not scared  (G major) - I
C 
A 
wait for  (C major) you  (A major) 
Dm 
G 
Hey jesse,  (D minor) I'm  (G major) lonely,
C 
Csus2 
G 
Bb 
Gm 
Asus4 
A 
G 
 (C major) come home  (Csus2)  (G major)  (B flat major)  (G minor)  (Asus4)  (A major)  (G major) 
C 
G 
 (C major) Jesse, the spread on the bed  (G major) 
Gm 
Is like when you left  (G minor) 
Asus4 
A 
I've kept it all for  (Asus4) you       (A major) 
Dm 
And all the  (D minor) blues and the greens
F 
Have been  (F major) recently cleaned
G 
And they're  (G major) seemingly new
C 
Em 
E 
Hey  (C major) jes, me and  (E minor) you  (E major) 
A 
Dm 
We'll swallow  (A major) the light on the stairs  (D minor) 
G 
We'll do up my  (G major) hair
C 
A 
We'll sleep un (C major) aware  (A major) 
Dm 
G 
Hey jesse,  (D minor) I'm  (G major) lonely,