Basic Strum Pattern
(Capo at 3rd fret)
G5 C5 (9 fr.) D5 C(9)
--3--3-3-3-3-----3-3--3-3-3-3---2--2-2---2-0----0-0---------------------
--3--3-3-3-3-----3-3--3-3-3-3---3--3-3---3-3----3-3---------------------
--0--0-0-0-0-----0-0--0-0-0-0---2--2-2---2-0----0-0---------0-----0-----
--0--0-0-0-2-----2-2--2-2-2-2---0--0-0---0-2----2-2------4-----4--------
--2--2-2-2-3-----3-3--3-3-3-3--------------3----3-3---------------------
--3--3-3-3--------------------------------------------------------------
Basic Picking Pattern at 1st and 2nd Endings
E5 D7(11)
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--------3-----3-----------3-------------------3-----3--3----3-3---------
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-----2-----------------2-----2------3---------------------------0-0-0-0-
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Intro: Bb5 Eb(9) F5 Eb(9) (two times)
Bb5 Eb(9) F5 Eb(9)
hey, jesus, it's me.
Bb5 Eb(9) F5 Eb(9)
i don't usually talk to you.
Bb5 Eb(9) F5 Eb(9)
but my baby's gonna leave me, and there's something you must do.
Bb5 Eb(9) F5 Eb(9)
F5 G5 G5
i am not your faithful servant, I hang around
Eb(9) F5 G5 G5
sometimes with a bunch of your black sheep,
Ab5 Eb5 Cm7(4)
but if you make my baby stay, i'll make it up to you
C5 F5 A5 D5 G5 F5
It?s a promise I will keep.
(repeats)
hey jesus, it's me.
I'm the one who talked to you yesterday
Asked you please, please for a favor.
But my baby's gone away.
went away anyway
and i don't really think its fair.
you've got the power to make us all believe in you.
and then we call you in despair,
and you don't come through.
hey jesus, it's me, I'm sorry.
I don't remember all I said.
I had a few, no, too many
and they went straight to my head.
Made me feel like i could argue with god.
but you know, it's easy for you.
you got friends all over the world.
you had the whole world waiting for your birth.
but now i ain't got nobody
C5 F5 A5 D5
I don't know what my life's worth.
i'm not gonna call you anymore.
I'm sure you've got a million things to do.
all i was trying to do was to get through to you,
get through to you.
?cause when i die and i get up to your doors,
i don't even know if you're gonna let me in the place.
C5
how come i gotta die to get a chance to talk to you
F5 A5 D5 G5 F5 F5 Bb5
face to face?