Jesse chords by
Roberta Flack
Roberta Flack
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Key: B major
Intro 1
B
B

F#
F#

F#m
F#m

G#sus4
G#sus4

F#
F#

Verse 1
B
B

Jesse,
D#m
D#m

come home, there's a hole in the bed
B
B

A
A

F#m
F#m

Where we slept,
A
A

G#
G#

now it's growing cold
C#m
C#m

Jesse, your face and
E
E

the place where we lay
A#dim
A#dim

F#
F#

By the hearth, all apart,
B
B

D#
D#

it hangs on my heart
G#
G#

C#m
C#m

And I'm leaving the light on the stairs
E
E

F#
F#

F#m
F#m

F#
F#

B
B

G#
G#

No, I'm not scared, I wait for you
C#m
C#m

F#
F#

B
B

Hey Jesse, it's lonely, come home
Verse 2
B
B

D#m
D#m

F#
F#

Jesse, the stairs and the halls, recalling
D#dim
D#dim

F#m
F#m

D#dim
D#dim

Your step, and I
G#
G#

C#m
C#m

remember too
E
E

All the pictures are shaded
and fading in gray
A#dim
A#dim

F#
F#

And I still set a place
B
B

D#
D#

at the table at noon
G#
G#

C#m
C#m

And I'm leaving the light on the stairs
F#
F#

B
B

G#
G#

No, I'm not scared, I wait for you
C#m
C#m

F#
F#

B
B

Hey Jesse, it's lonely, come home
Verse 3
B
B

D#m
D#m

Jesse, the spread on the bed, it's like
B
B

D#dim
D#dim

F#m
F#m

When you left,
D#dim
D#dim

F#m
F#m

G#
G#

C#m
C#m

I kept it for you
All the blues and the greens have
E
E

C#m
C#m

E
E

C#m
C#m

been recently cleaned
F#
F#

A#dim
A#dim

F#
F#

And are seemingly new,
B
B

D#
D#

Hey Jess, me and you
G#
G#

C#m
C#m

Will swallow the light on the stairs
B
B

E
E

F#
F#

I'll fix up my hair,
B
B

G#
G#

we'll sleep unaware
C#m
C#m

F#
F#

B
B

Hey Jesse, it's lonely, come home

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