Tuning: E A D G B E

PREFAB SPROUT - JESSE JAMES SYMPHONY / JESSE JAMES BOLERO JESSE JAMES SYMPHONY [Verse 1]

^BJesse ^A/EJames is ^G#m/D#running And he'll ^C#m7never be at ^A5rest ^G#5'Til the ^F#m7day they fold his ^G#m/F#arms ^G#/EbAcross his ^C#mchest ^D ^E

[Pre-chorus 1]

^EHe's ^Da ^Amaj7long way from the cradle (E) C#m7 F#m9 And his Ma's authority -- ooh ooh ooh

[Bridge 1]

^N.C.But it only seems a minute ^E ^F# ^N.C.Since she stood over his bed ^E ^F# ^N.C.And she tried to tell him something ^E ^F# ^N.C.Now what the hell was it she said?

[Verse 2]

^BJesse ^A/EJames is ^G#m/D#thinking Of the ^C#m7breaks he never ^A5had ^G#5And the ^F#m7gene that cursed his ^G#m/F#blood group ^G#/EbRhesus ^C#mbad ^D ^E

^BJesse ^A/EJames lived ^G#m/D#money His ac^C#m7count was in the ^A5black ^G#5'Til the ^F#m7day he stopped a ^G#m/F#bullet ^G#/EbWith his ^C#mback ^D ^E

[Pre-Chorus 2]

^EWell ^Dthe ^Amaj7zip code may read Vegas But the ^Eheart beats Tupelo -- ^C#m7ooh ooh ^F#m9ooh

[Bridge 2]

^N.C.And a footstep is such a small thing ^E ^F# ^N.C.That it's neither here nor there ^E ^F# ^N.C.'Til you string those steps together ^E ^F# ^N.C.And find home is way back, way back where?

[Verse 3]

^BJesse ^A/EJames was ^G#m/D#never Part of ^C#m7life's great sympho^A5ny ^G#5All he ^F#m7heard were penny ^G#m/F#whistles ^G#/EbOut of ^C#mkey ^D ^E

^BJesse ^A/EJames, he ^G#m/D#promised: "I will ^C#m7never die a^A5fraid" ^G#5That boy ^F#m7perjured every ^G#m/F#vow He ^G#/Ebever ^C#mmade ^D ^E

JESSE JAMES BOLERO [Intro] C#5/G# E6 E/G# B/F# [Verse 1]

^C#5/G#Jesse was a renegade ^E6Danced to his own drum ^E/G#Growin' wise could wait till tomorrow ^B/F#Took to a road signposted sorrow

^C#5/G#Jesse was a hooligan ^E6Jumped right off the rail ^E/G#There in the card, there in the tarot ^B/F#Born to despise the straight and the narrow

[Pre-Chorus 1]

^C#5/G#Jesse was a connoisseur G#7b5 Home cooking tasted stale

[Chorus]

^BJes-^B6se ^Amaj7James Bo^B6lero Is a ^C#m7dance upon the ^Amaj7run ^Amaj7/G#Every ^F#m9step proclaims That ^G#7he's a ^G#7/Cwayward ^C#mson ^D ^E

^BJes-^B6se ^Amaj7James is ^B6waiting For the ^C#m7cheap music to ^Amaj7stop ^Amaj7/G#Don't good^F#m9bye deserve Some ^G#7Bach not ^G#7/Cbarber^C#mshop?^D ^E

[Verse 2]

^C#5/G#Jesse didn't hear the drum ^F#sus2Suddenly lose time ^E/G#All his plans crafted, clever ^B/F#Fated unborn, unfinished forever

^C#5/G#Jesse didn't hear the drum ^F#sus2Stop outside his door ^E/G#In his dreams destiny towered ^B/F#In the cold light of day, it came as a coward

[Pre-Chorus 2]

^C#5/G#Jesse didn't hear the drum G#7b5 At the age of thirty four

[Chorus] (x2)

^BJes-^B6se ^Amaj7James Bo^B6lero Is a ^C#m7dance upon the ^Amaj7run ^Amaj7/G#Every ^F#m9step proclaims That ^G#7he's a ^G#7/Cwayward ^C#mson ^D ^E

^BJes-^B6se ^Amaj7James is ^B6waiting For the ^C#m7cheap music to ^Amaj7stop ^Amaj7/G#Don't good^F#m9bye deserve Some ^G#7Bach not ^G#7/Cbarber^C#mshop?^D ^E

Prefab Sprout - Jesse james symphony - jesse james bolero