Jackson Browne – Jamaica Say You Will (Guitar)

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From his 1972 album 'Saturate Before Using', Asylum Records [Intro] | E / B / | A / / A/G# | F#m / B / | E / Bsus4 / | [Verse 1]
  E                           A             A/G#
Jamaica was the lovely one I played her well

      F#m                  B                     E    Bsus4
As we lay in the tall grass where the shadows fell

E                                A             A/G#
Hiding from the children so they would not tell

          F#m                                  B
We would stay there until her sister rang the evening bell
[Chorus]
         E  E7   A                  E   E7  A
Jamaica say you will help me find a way to fill these empty hours

E   E/D#  C#m   B                  A     A/G# A/F#  
Say you  will         come again tomorrow
[Verse 2]
    E                               A          A/G#
The daughter of a captain on the rolling seas

          F#m                  B                E    Bsus4
She would stare across the water from the trees

E                                A             A/G#
Last time he was home he held her on his knees

             F#m                            B
And said the next time they would sail away   just where they please
[Chorus]
        E   E7  A                    E  E7 A
Jamaica say you will help me find a way to fill these lifeless sails

E   E/D#  C#m     B                  A     A/G# A/F#   
Stay un - til  my ships can find the sea
[Instrumental] | A A/G# A/F# | | E | | E7 | | A A/G# A/F# | | A A/G# A/F# | | E | | B | [Verse 3]
  E                             A              A/G#
Jamaica was a sweet young one I loved her true

          F#m              B          E           Bsus4
She was a comfort and a mercy through and through

  E                           A                   A/G#
Hiding from this world together next thing I knew

             F#m                            B
They had brought her things down to the bay, what could I do
[Chorus]
         E   E7  A                   E  E7  A
Jamaica say you will help me find a way to fill these sails and then we'll

E   E/D#  C#m      B               A     A/G# A/F#  
Sail un - til  our waters have run dry
[Ending] | E / B / | A / / B | E / / / |