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From: LTWU46B@prodigy.com (MR KEN L REYNOLDS)
Date: Wed, 22 Oct 1997 12:34:27, -0500
Subject: whispering_jesse_by_john_denver

song: Whispering Jesse
artist: John Denver
album: Higher Ground
transcribed: Ken Reynolds

I was saddened by the recent loss of John Denver and the songs that
will never be.  This selection is a song by John for his daughter.  I
hope you all enjoy it.


Whispering Jesse
John Denver       (klr)


D (xx0232@1)             G (320003@1)   A (x02220@1)   Bm (x24432@1)G (320003@1)            DI (xx0232@1)often had wandered, in deep contemplation
G (320003@1)A (x02220@1)                D (xx0232@1)    A (x02220@1)   G (320003@1)   Bm (x24432@1)                 AIt (x02220@1)seems that the mind runs wild when you?re all alone
       G (320003@1)             D (xx0232@1)         G (320003@1)   A (x02220@1)             DThe (xx0232@1)way that it could be, the ways that it should be
  G (320003@1)          A (x02220@1)  D-A-G                  A (x02220@1)          DThings (xx0232@1)I?d do differently, if I could do them again

D (xx0232@1)                         G (320003@1)   A (x02220@1)   Bm (x24432@1) G (320003@1)         DI?ve (xx0232@1)always loved springtime, the passing of winter
G (320003@1)    A (x02220@1)              D (xx0232@1)A-G          Bm (x24432@1)        AThe (x02220@1)green of the new leaves and life goin? on
         G (320003@1)            D (xx0232@1)        G (320003@1)  A (x02220@1)                DThe (xx0232@1)promise of morning, the long days of summer
  G (320003@1)      A (x02220@1)         D (xx0232@1) A-G     A (x02220@1)                     DWarm (xx0232@1)nights of loving her, beneath the bright stars

D (xx0232@1)                   G (320003@1)   A (x02220@1)   Bm (x24432@1) G (320003@1)       DI?m (xx0232@1)just an old cowboy, from high Colorado
G (320003@1)  A (x02220@1)     D (xx0232@1)   A-G             Bm (x24432@1)     ATo (x02220@1)old to ride anymore, too blind to see
    G (320003@1)             D (xx0232@1)         G-A                 DI (xx0232@1)sleep in the city now, away from my mountains
G-A (320003@1)             D-A-G      A (x02220@1)                DAway (xx0232@1)from the cabin we always called home

D (xx0232@1) G (320003@1)         D (xx0232@1)          G (320003@1)     A (x02220@1)       DI (xx0232@1)dreamed I left there, on an old palamino
G (320003@1)  A (x02220@1)      D-A-G       Bm (x24432@1)           AWhispering (x02220@1)Jesse rode right by my side
    G (320003@1)       D (xx0232@1)        G (320003@1) A (x02220@1)               DI (xx0232@1)long to hold her, to hear her soft breathing
G (320003@1)    A (x02220@1)               D-A-G         A (x02220@1)             DThe (xx0232@1)touch of her cool hand, on my fevered brow

G- (320003@1)A- (x02220@1)D (xx0232@1)     G- (320003@1)A- (x02220@1)D (xx0232@1)    G- (320003@1)A- (x02220@1)Bm- (x24432@1)G- (320003@1)A (x02220@1)   A (x02220@1)         D-A-G       A (x02220@1)                DWhispering (xx0232@1)Jesse, still rides in the mountains
G (320003@1)          A (x02220@1)          D (xx0232@1)     G (320003@1)  A (x02220@1)           DStill (xx0232@1)sings in the canyons, still lives in my heart
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