Jesse

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 Date: Sat, 4 Apr 1998 17:16:59 -0500 
 From: Nathan Sitkoff  
  
   
 Subject: b/joan_baez/jesse.tab 
  
 Jesse 
 Written by Janis Ian 
 Arranged by Joan Baez 
 Tablature by Nathan Sitkoff (sitkoff@cs.umass.edu) 
  
 No capo; standard tuning 
  
 Anybody who knows what key/mode this is please drop me a line.  It 
 looks a bit like C, but feels more like Dm. 
  
 I think that this is pretty close to what JB is doing.  I definitely 
 fudged a bit during the verse; there's some kind of hammer-on during 
 the E chord which I can't figure out.  As always, comments are 
 welcome, and if anybody out there can do better please post it. 
  
 Note: During the intro, finger the Dm "as usual" with the index, 
 middle and ring fingers of your left hand.  During the verse, use your 
 index, middle and PINKY so you can use your ring finger to fret the C 
 in Dm/C.  This makes progressing from Dm to Dm/C to G7 easy. 
  
 Intro: 
  
   C                         Cmaj9 
 E ----0-------|------0-----|----0-------|------0-----| 
 B ------1---1-|----1---1---|------1---1-|----1-------| 
 G --0-----0---|--0-------0-|--0-----0---|--0---------| 
 D ------------|------------|------------|0-----------| 
 A 3-----------|3-----------|2-----------|--------2---| 
 E ------------|------------|------------|------------| 
  
   G/Bb                      A7 
 E ------0-----|------0-----|------0-----|--------0---| 
 B ----3---3---|----3---3---|--------2---|2---3-------| 
 G --0-------0-|--0-------0-|----0-----0-|------------| 
 D ------------|------------|--2---------|------------| 
 A 1-----------|1-----------|0-----------|------------| 
 E ------------|------------|------------|------------| 
  
   Dm                        G7 
 E 1-----1-----|3---1---0h1-|1-----------|------------| 
 B ----3---3---|------3-----|--------0-0-|0---1---3---| 
 G --2-------2-|--2---------|------0-----|------------| 
 D 0-----------|------------|----0-------|------------| 
 A ------------|------------|--2---------|----0---2---| 
 E ------------|------------|3-----------|3-----------| 
  
   C9 
 E ----------0-|0-----------|----------0-|0-----------| 
 B 3-----3-----|------3-----|3-----3-----|------3-----| 
 G ----0---0---|----0---0---|----0---0---|----0---0---| 
 D --2---------|--2-------2-|--2---------|--2-------2-| 
 A 3-----------|3-----------|3-----------|3-----------| 
 E ------------|------------|------------|------------| 
  
 Verse: 
  
   C                         Cmaj9 
 E ------0-----|------0-----|------0-----|------0-----| 
 B ----1---1---|----1---1---|----1---1---|----1---1---| 
 G --0-------0-|--0-------0-|--0-------0-|--0-------0-| 
 D ------------|------------|------------|------------| 
 A 3-----------|3-----------|2-----------|2-----------| 
 E ------------|------------|------------|------------| 
   Jesse come home, there's a hole in the bed where we 
  
   G/Bb                      A7 
 E ------0-----|------0-----|------0-----|--------0---| 
 B ----3---3---|----3-------|--------2---|2---3-------| 
 G --0-------0-|--0---------|----0-----0-|------------| 
 D ------------|0-----------|--2---------|------------| 
 A 1-----------|--------1---|0-----------|0---2---4---| 
 E ------------|------------|------------|------------| 
   slept;   now it's growing cold. 
  
   Dm                        Dm/C 
 E ------1-----|------1-----|------1-----|------1-----| 
 B ----3---3---|----3---3---|----3---3---|----3---3---| 
 G --2-------2-|--2-------2-|--2-------2-|--2-------2-| 
 D 0-----------|0-----------|------------|------------| 
 A ------------|------------|3-----------|3-----------| 
 E ------------|------------|------------|------------| 
   Jesse your   face in the  place where we lay by the 
  
   G7                        C            E 
 E ------1-----|------------|0-----0-----|0-----0-----| 
 B ----3---3---|0---1---3---|----1---1---|----0-------| 
 G --0-------0-|------------|--0-------0-|--1---------| 
 D ------------|------------|------------|2-----------| 
 A 2-----------|----0---2---|3-----------|--------2---| 
 E ------------|3-----------|------------|------------| 
   hearth all   apart it     hangs on my  heart 
  
                A                         Dm 
 E ------0-----|------0-----|------0-----|------1-----| 
 B ----0---0---|----2---2---|----2---2---|----3---3---| 
 G --1-------1-|--2-------2-|--2-------2-|--2-------2-| 
 D ------------|------------|2-----------|0-----------| 
 A ------------|0-----------|------------|------------| 
 E 0-----------|------------|------------|------------| 
        and I'm leaving the  light on the stairs 
  
   Dm/C         G7                        C 
 E ------1-----|------1-----|------1-----|------0-----| 
 B ----3---3---|----3---3---|----3-------|----1-------| 
 G --2-------2-|--0-------0-|--0---------|--0---------| 
 D ------------|------------|------------|------------| 
 A 3-----------|2-----------|--------0-2-|3-------3-2-| 
 E ------------|------------|3-----------|------------| 
         no I'm not scared;  I wait for   you 
  
   A7           Dm (strum)   G7 (strum) 
 E ------0-----|1-----------|1-----------| 
 B ----2---2---|3-----------|3-----------| 
 G --0-------0-|2-----------|0-----------| 
 D ------------|0-----------|0-----------| 
 A 0-----------|------------|2-----------| 
 E ------------|------------|3-----------| 
         Hey    Jessie it's  lonely come 
  
   C9 
 E ----------0-|0-----------|----------0-|0-----------| 
 B 3-----3-----|------3-----|3-----3-----|------3-----| 
 G ----0---0---|----0---0---|----0---0---|----0---0---| 
 D --2---------|--2-------2-|--2---------|--2-------2-| 
 A 3-----------|3-----------|3-----------|3-----------| 
 E ------------|------------|------------|------------| 
   home 
  
 Lyrics: 
  
 Jesse come home, there's a hole in the bed 
 Where we slept; now it's growing cold. 
 Jesse your face, in the place where we lay 
 By the hearth, all apart, it hangs on my heart 
  
 And I'm leaving the light on the stairs 
 No I'm not scared; I wait for you 
 Hey Jesse, it's lonely, come home. 
  
 Jesse the stairs in the halls, recalling 
 Your step; and I remember too. 
 All the pictures are shaded and fading in grey 
 And I still set a place on the table at noon 
  
 And I'm leaving the light on the stairs 
 No I'm not scared; I wait for you 
 Hey Jesse, it's lonely, come home. 
  
 Jesse the spread on the bed, 
 It's like when you left, I kept it for you. 
 All the blues and the greens have been recently cleaned 
 And are seemingly new; hey Jess, me and you. 
  
 We'll swallow the light on the stairs 
 I'll fix up my hair, we'll sleep unawares 
 Hey Jesse, it's lonely, come home