Key: B major
Intro 1
D
A
Am
Bsus4
A
Verse 1
D
Jesse,
D
C
Am
Where we slept,
C
B
now it's growing cold
C#dim
A
By the hearth, all apart,
D
F#
it hangs on my heart
B
Em
And I'm leaving the light on the stairs
G
A
Am
A
D
B
No, I'm not scared, I wait for you
Em
A
D
Hey Jesse, it's lonely, come home
Verse 2
D
F#m
A
Jesse, the stairs and the halls, recalling
F#dim
Am
F#dim
Your step, and I
B
Em
remember too
and fading in gray
C#dim
A
And I still set a place
D
F#
at the table at noon
B
Em
And I'm leaving the light on the stairs
A
D
B
No, I'm not scared, I wait for you
Em
A
D
Hey Jesse, it's lonely, come home
Verse 3
D
F#m
Jesse, the spread on the bed, it's like
D
F#dim
Am
When you left,
F#dim
Am
B
Em
I kept it for you
All the blues and the greens have
G
Em
G
Em
been recently cleaned
A
C#dim
A
And are seemingly new,
D
F#
Hey Jess, me and you
B
Em
Will swallow the light on the stairs
D
G
A
I'll fix up my hair,
D
B
we'll sleep unaware
Em
A
D
Hey Jesse, it's lonely, come home
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