jessie clay and the 1205 chords by
John Anderson
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Key: D major
Verse 1
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G
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In a two -room trailer down by the
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D

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tracks on the edge of a
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A

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Tennessee town,
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G

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Jesse
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D

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C
C

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Clay lived with his lady and a one
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D

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-eyed red -boned hound.
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And every night at twelve -oh -five
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D
D

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he'd hear that whistle whine.
Jesse knew the train to
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C

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D

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Chattanooga was coming by on time.
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A

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And we all knew old
Jesse
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G

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D
D

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Clay got mean when he drank too much
And
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A

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G
G

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Jesse's lady wore the scars,
Miss
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C

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Not -Too -Gentle -Tough
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D

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And
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A

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Jesse knocked her down one night
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G

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D

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just for bustin' a bottle of gin
She hit her head when she hit the floor
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Dm
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A
A

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D
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and she never got up again
Jesse
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A

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G
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Clay was crazy scared when
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D

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A
A

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he saw her lyin' still
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D
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He took his lady in his arms
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and he carried her up the hill
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A
A

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He laid her down on a railroad track
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just an hour ahead of the train
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D

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And
Jesse knew that soon the 1205
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C

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D
D

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would take the plane
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A

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And then he went to town and he waited
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around till he thought the time was right
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G
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And he told the law how the 1205
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D

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had taken his lady's life
The sheriff just looked at
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Jesse hard and said you better
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D

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tell the truth this time
Because the 1205 just jumped the track
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about ten miles up the line
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And no one knows what caused
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A
A

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the train to leave the tracks that night
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D
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It never happened before or since,
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but it served old
Jesse right
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A
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And you can still hear the train whistle
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D
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whine as it passes by this way
But the 1205 won't ever
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take the blame for
Jesse
Clay
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D

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No, the 1205 won't ever
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take the blame for
Jesse
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D
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