B5 E5 B5 E5 B5 When they carried you into the parlor E5 B5 Your wounds were the worst I'd seen G#5 Cold as snow your body trembled F#5 Craddled in the arms of morphine B5 All the kinfolk cried out loud E5 B5 Good shepherd save this man G#5 But you whispered with icy breath F#5 It is not in his hands and you said E5 B5 Heaven ain't ready for me yet and you looked at me E5 B5 Give me your heart and take a bet and you held my hand E5 F#5 Now I've seen your face now that we've met B5 E5 I shall not slip away B5 Mama said to me, daughter E5 B5 You must nurse your cousin well G#5 So I cared for you thru days and night F#5 But your fever I did not quell B5 For weeks I watched you suffer pain E5 B5 That no laudanum could ease G#5 All I had left to do is pray F#5 Lord have mercy on him please - and you said E5 B5 Heaven ain't ready for me yet and you looked at me E5 B5 Give me your heart and take a bet and you held my hand E5 F#5 Now I've seen your face now that we've met B5 E5 I shall not slip away B5 Now winters lights has cooled the air E5 B5 At last your strength's returned G#5 You talk to me of the life you spent F#5 And of the life you've earned B5 You'll waste no time on vengenance E5 B5 You've no wish to fight again G#5 To find peace you say In God we trust F#5 Put little faith in man E5 B5 No, Heaven aint ready for you yet, Jesse E5 B5 I'll give you my heart I'll take a bet Jesse E5 F#5 Now Ive seen your face now that we've met B5 E5 B5 We shall not slip away From The Legend Of Jesse James A & M Records 1980 Irving Music Inc.
