• Song:

    Jesse

  • Artist:

    Carly Simon

  • Album:

    Anthology (disc 1)

Jesse - From Come Upstairs - 1980
(F) = Fret.

B                  F#       B
Oh mother, say a prayer for me
          F#     B                F#   B             
Jesse's back in town, it won't be easy
Abm(4thf)        C#m(4thf)
Don't let him near me
                E
Don't let him touch me
                F#    B
Don't let him please me

       Abm(4thf)            E
Jesse, I won't cut fresh flowers for you
B        Abm(4thf)          E
No Jesse, I won't make the wine cold for you
B        Abm(4thf)          E
No Jesse, I won't change the sheets for you
Abm(4thf)     
I won't put on cologne
         C#m(4thf)               F#  
I won't sit by the phone for you    


B                  F#       B
Annie, keep reminding me
 F#     B                F#   B 
That he cut out my heart like a paper doll
Abm(4thf)        C#m(4thf)
Sally, tell me once again
E                      F#    B
How he set me up just to see me fall

    Abm(4thf)            E
Jesse, I won't cut fresh flowers for you
B        Abm(4thf)          E
No Jesse, I won't make the wine cold for you
B        Abm(4thf)          E
No Jesse, I won't change the sheets for you
Abm(4thf)     
I won't put on cologne
         C#m(4thf)               F#  
I won't sit by the phone for you      No, no, no, no, no

B7 
Jesse, quick come here
    E7
I won't tell a soul "Not even myself"
Bm7(2ndf)
Jesse, that you've come back to me
      E7
My friends will all say "She's gone again"
     G
But how can anyone know what you are to me
F/G                                       Dm7
That I'm in heaven again because you've come back to me
C  G    C           G    C  G C G C Am7 Dm7 F  G C    
Oh....Jesse

C              Am               F
Jesse, I'll always cut fresh flowers for you
      C            Am                 F
And Jesse, I'll always make the wine cold for you
      C            Am               F
And Jesse, I can easily change my mind about you
     Am
And put on cologne
     Dm7                   G  
And sit by the phone for you..Oh Yeah..

C            G          C
Jesse, let's open the wine
G                  C
And drink to the heart
G                         C
Which has a will of it's own
G     Am             Dm9 
My friends, let's comfort them
Fmaj7
They're feeling bad
             G           C
They think I've sunk so low

C              Am               F
Jesse, I'll always cut fresh flowers for you
      C            Am                 F
And Jesse, I'll always make the wine cold for you
      C            Am               F
And Jesse, I can easily change my mind about you
     Am
And put on cologne
     Dm7                   G  
And sit by the phone for you..
  G    C  G C G C Am7 Dm7 F  G C 
Oh Jesse  ..la la la...
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