Key: B major
Intro 1
F#
C#
C#m
D#sus4
C#
Verse 1
F#
Jesse,
F#
E
C#m
Where we slept,
E
D#
now it's growing cold
E#dim
C#
By the hearth, all apart,
F#
A#
it hangs on my heart
D#
G#m
And I'm leaving the light on the stairs
B
C#
C#m
C#
F#
D#
No, I'm not scared, I wait for you
G#m
C#
F#
Hey Jesse, it's lonely, come home
Verse 2
F#
A#m
C#
Jesse, the stairs and the halls, recalling
A#dim
C#m
A#dim
Your step, and I
D#
G#m
remember too
and fading in gray
E#dim
C#
And I still set a place
F#
A#
at the table at noon
D#
G#m
And I'm leaving the light on the stairs
C#
F#
D#
No, I'm not scared, I wait for you
G#m
C#
F#
Hey Jesse, it's lonely, come home
Verse 3
F#
A#m
Jesse, the spread on the bed, it's like
F#
A#dim
C#m
When you left,
A#dim
C#m
D#
G#m
I kept it for you
All the blues and the greens have
B
G#m
B
G#m
been recently cleaned
C#
E#dim
C#
And are seemingly new,
F#
A#
Hey Jess, me and you
D#
G#m
Will swallow the light on the stairs
F#
B
C#
I'll fix up my hair,
F#
D#
we'll sleep unaware
G#m
C#
F#
Hey Jesse, it's lonely, come home
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