Jesse Younger chords by Kris Kristofferson

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Intro 1

Verse 1
Am 
 (A minor) Little Jesse
C 
G 
 (C major) Younger was a well  (G major) respected lad
Am 
C 
 (A minor) Doing all he could  (C major) to please
G 
his  (G major) mommy and his dad
C 
G 
But he  (C major) never planned to  (G major) be the man
C 
E 
They said  (C major) that he'd be (E major) come
Am 
C 
And  (A minor) somehow or an (C major) other
Am 
G 
Jesse's  (A minor) little baby brother  (G major) 
Am 
Is his  (A minor) father's and his
Em 
Am 
 (E minor) mother's only son  (A minor) 
C 
Every day the neigh (C major) bors say
G 
that  (G major) it's a dirty shame
Am 
C 
The way he spat  (A minor) upon his  (C major) family and
G 
 (G major) scandalized their name
C 
G 
And his  (C major) parents never  (G major) really ever
C 
E 
said  (C major) he'd been dis (E major) owned
Am 
C 
But somehow  (A minor) or an (C major) other
Am 
G 
now his  (A minor) little baby brother  (G major) 
Am 
Is his  (A minor) father's and his
Em 
Am 
 (E minor) mother's only son  (A minor) 
C 
 (C major) Oh, Jesse Younger you're
Am 
a  (A minor) devil not a man
C 
Can you  (C major) dare to treat your
Am 
parents so un (A minor) kind?
C 
You have  (C major) selfishly refused to live
Am 
your  (A minor) life the way they planned
D 
And you've started  (D major) going your own
E 
way and  (E major) speaking your own mind.
Am 
C 
 (A minor) Jesse Younger's  (C major) parents wonder
G 
 (G major) where it all went wrong
Am 
C 
 (A minor) Now that Jesse's  (C major) name has turned
G 
to  (G major) ashes on their tongues
C 
G 
But he  (C major) chose to starve  (G major) asnd try
C 
E 
to carve a fu (C major) ture of his own  (E major) 
Am 
C 
 (A minor) And he got his  (C major) druthers because
Am 
G 
 (A minor) now his younger brother  (G major) 
Am 
Em 
A 
Is his  (A minor) father's and his  (E minor) mother's only son.  (A major) 
Em 
A 
Oh,  (E minor) Jesse  (A major) Younger,
Em 
 (E minor) you're a devil not a man
A 
Can  (A major) you dare to treat your
Em 
parents  (E minor) so unkind?
A 
You have selfishly refuysed to live  (A major) your life
Em 
the way they  (E minor) planned
A 
And you've started going  (A major) your
own way and speaking your own mind.