Jesse Justice chords by Joe Ely

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Verse 1
Bm 
C 
G 
Em 
 (B minor)  (C major)  (G major)  (E minor) Well Jesse
was a rovin' gambler
Nine ball was his game
Am 
He  (A minor) kept one step out ahead of his Rep
D 
One  (D major) town out ahead of his fame

Verse 2
Em 
I  (E minor) think I mighta seen him in Clovis
But the place was kinda loud
Am 
 (A minor) Even so, it was a long time ago
D 
When my  (D major) head sorta
stayed in a cloud

Verse 3

There's a lotta green in the city

That you can't cut thick or thin

There's a lot of green

between fat and lean

That you might never see again,

oh, Jesse

You might never see again

Verse 4
Em 
Well I  (E minor) know I saw him in Shreveport
The time this song's about
Am 
I was  (A minor) hangin' in town 'cause
the river was down
D 
Like my  (D major) sister I was sweatin'
the drought

Verse 5
Em 
He was  (E minor) playin' some kid
from Dallas
Who could out talk a freeway cop
Am 
A  (A minor) day and a half they'd been on a raft
D 
Tryin' to  (D major) play till the other
would drop

Verse 6
G 
There's a  (G major) lotta green in the city
D 
That you  (D major) can't cut thick or thin
Am 
There's a  (A minor) lot of green
between fat and lean
D 
Bm 
C 
That you  (D major) might never see again,  (B minor) oh,  (C major) Jesse
G 
You  (G major) might never see again

Verse 7
Em 
 (E minor) Carmen wore a red silk dress
She lean'd beside the coke machine
Am 
She  (A minor) must have been the prize
that was in his eyes
D 
It was as  (D major) clear as gasoline

Verse 8

Twenty seven hundred on the table

Another twenty five in the dark

Dallas was talkin' up a blue streak

As Jesse reached for the chalk

Verse 9
Em 
The  (E minor) room got deathly quiet
The newsboy shut his mouth
Am 
The  (A minor) cold north wind changed
it's mind again
D 
And blew  (D major) lazy from the south

Verse 10

The whippoorwills quit singin'

Not even the judge did laugh

When Jesse Justice chalked his saber

And sliced the 9 in half

Verse 11
G 
There's a  (G major) lotta green in the city
D 
That you  (D major) can't cut thick or thin
Am 
There's a  (A minor) lot of green
between fat and lean
D 
That you  (D major) might never see again,
Bm 
C 
oh,  (B minor)  (C major) Jesse
G 
You  (G major) might never see again

Outro 1
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 (G major)  (D major)  (A minor)  (D major) 
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