Jesse Welles – Wild Onions (Guitar)
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Chords
As recorded by Jesse Welles
(2025 release)
======== Chords Used ======== A Dmaj7 G D E F#min/C# Fdim F#min B9 B9/F# E/G# A(b5) Dsus2 e|-0-2-----2-2--0--2--------1----2-----x--x-----0----0-----0----| B|-2-2-----0-3--0--2--------0----2-----2--2-----0----2-----3----| G|-2-2-----0-2--1--2--------1----2-----2--2-----1----2-----2----| D|-2-0-----0-0--2--4--------x----4-----1--1-----2----1-----0----| A|-0-x-----2-x-(2)-4--------x----4-----2--x-----x----0----(0)---| E|-x-x-----3-x-(0)-x--------1----2-----x--2-----4----x-----x----|
When moving to the E/G# he only plays the upper 4 Strings on the preceeding E chord
He likes to throw in these riffs over the A Dmaj7 part whenever there is room:
A Dmaj7 e|-------------|-------------| B|-------------|-------------| G|-------------|-------------| D|-------------|---------0---| A|---------0---|---2-0-2-----| E|---2-0-2-----|-------------|
(fretted with his thumb - between strumming)
[Verse 1]
A Dmaj7 I blinked and I was 25 in a motel in Bozeman Montana eating kratom A Dmaj7 With Dave A Funny thing about feelings Dmaj7 They like to surf G D The pain comes in waves
[Verse 2]
A Dmaj7 I was a cosmic American am stationfor a brain cigarrette stains A Dmaj7 Looking for a match A And it was then and only then I realized Dmaj7 There's a list of things I can do Dmaj7 And an even bigger one G D Of things I can't
[Chorus]
E Bright as a cup of coffee in America F#m/C# Baby you're a masterpiece D I was tooting my horn D Feeling forlorn E Dm Low down as I could be F#m7 There's wild onions honey B7 Wild moss on the logs G Nothing really dies down here does it? E E/G# It just goes where it belongs A A(b5) Come to my side we got hot dogs Dsus2 A And we keep all our promises A You got your momma's Honda A(b5) Your daddy's jaundice Dsus2 A G C/G G D Never really kept you from being honest baby A Dmaj7 A Dmaj7 Don't be scared of nothing
[Verse 3]
A Dmaj7 I sighed and I was 19 with face paint a self inflicted and a half pack of Pall Malls A Dmaj7 With Linda, sweet Linda A Dmaj7 Alan 50 watt amp subconsions in a limestone cave with a flashlight G D Looking for a window
[Verse 4]
A I was beating my drum for my lost son Dmaj7 In the desert Jesu joy of man's desire A Dmaj7 It's dry in there A Dmaj7 I was a veteran of an imaginary war Dmaj7 I'm still sore G D I think part of me died in there
[Chorus]
E Bright as a cup of coffee in America F#m/C# Baby you're a masterpiece D I was tooting my horn D Feeling forlorn E Dm Low down as I could be F#m7 There's wild onions honey B7 Wild moss on the logs G Nothing really dies down here does it? E E/G# It just goes where it belongs A A(b5) Come to my side we got hot dogs Dsus2 A And we keep all our promises A You got your momma's Honda A(b5) Your daddy's jaundice Dsus2 A G C/G G D Never really kept you from being honest baby A Dmaj7 A Dmaj7 Don't be scared of nothing
[Verse 4]
A Dmaj7 I met a fellow traveler on the trail all is well farewell to Orwell A Dmaj7 We were shruggin A Dmaj7 There skeptical monks in swimmin trunks doing big slam dunks Dmaj7 I got em all to make up G D They were huggin
[Verse 5]
A Ya had corvette visions with low ambitions Dmaj7 In that quonset you lived in A Dmaj7 Down stream A And you reached yer zen A But the mine caved in Dmaj7 G D And the insurance ain't gonna cover all them dreams
[Out-Chorus]
E Bright as a cup of coffee in America F#m/C# Baby you're a masterpiece D I was tooting my horn D Feeling forlorn E Dm Low down as I could be F#m7 There's wild onions honey B7 Wild moss on the logs G Nothing really dies down here does it? E E/G# It just goes where it belongs A A(b5) Come to my side we got hot dogs Dsus2 A And we keep all our promises A You got your momma's Honda A(b5) Your daddy's jaundice Dsus2 A G C/G G D Never really kept you from being honest baby A Dmaj7 A Dmaj7 Don't be scared of nothing