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