Prefab Sprout – Jesse James Symphony - Jesse James Bolero (Guitar)

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JESSE JAMES SYMPHONY [Verse 1]

B     A/E      G#m/D#
Jesse James is running

          C#m7        A5
And he'll never be at rest

G#5      F#m7              G#m/F#
'Til the day they fold his arms

G#/Eb      C#m    D    E
Across his chest

[Pre-chorus 1]

E    D  Amaj7
He's a  long way from the cradle

        (E)               C#m7    F#m9
And his Ma's authority -- ooh ooh ooh

[Bridge 1]

N.C.                           E  F#
But it only seems a minute

N.C.                           E  F#
Since she stood over his bed

N.C.                                 E  F#
And she tried to tell him something

N.C. Now what the hell was it she said? [Verse 2]

B     A/E      G#m/D#
Jesse James is thinking

       C#m7            A5
Of the breaks he never had

G#5     F#m7                 G#m/F#
And the gene that cursed his blood group

G#/Eb  C#m   D   E
Rhesus bad

B     A/E         G#m/D#
Jesse James lived money

      C#m7             A5
His account was in the black

G#5      F#m7             G#m/F#
'Til the day he stopped a bullet

G#/Eb    C#m   D   E
With his back

[Pre-Chorus 2]

E    D   Amaj7
Well the zip code may read Vegas

        E                     C#m7    F#m9
But the heart beats Tupelo -- ooh ooh ooh

[Bridge 2]

N.C.                                    E  F#
And a footstep is such a small thing

N.C.                                    E  F#
That it's neither here nor there

N.C.                                    E  F#
'Til you string those steps together

N.C. And find home is way back, way back where? [Verse 3]

B     A/E       G#m/D#
Jesse James was never

        C#m7               A5
Part of life's great symphony

G#5    F#m7             G#m/F#
All he heard were penny whistles

G#/Eb  C#m   D   E
Out of key

B     A/E       G#m/D#
Jesse James, he promised:

        C#m7       A5
"I will never die afraid"

G#5      F#m7           G#m/F#
That boy perjured every vow

   G#/Eb  C#m   D   E
He ever   made

JESSE JAMES BOLERO [Intro] C#5/G# E6 E/G# B/F# [Verse 1]

C#5/G#
Jesse was a renegade

E6
Danced to his own drum

E/G#
Growin' wise could wait till tomorrow

B/F#
Took to a road signposted sorrow

C#5/G#
Jesse was a hooligan

E6
Jumped right off the rail

E/G#
There in the card, there in the tarot

B/F#
Born to despise the straight and the narrow

[Pre-Chorus 1]

C#5/G#
Jesse was a connoisseur

G#7b5
Home cooking tasted stale

[Chorus]

B   B6 Amaj7   B6
Jes-se James Bolero

     C#m7           Amaj7
Is a dance upon the run

Amaj7/G#  F#m9
Every     step proclaims

     G#7    G#7/C   C#m  D  E
That he's a wayward son

B   B6 Amaj7    B6
Jes-se James is waiting

        C#m7           Amaj7
For the cheap music to stop

Amaj7/G#     F#m9
Don't    goodbye deserve

     G#7      G#7/C C#m  D  E
Some Bach not barbershop?

[Verse 2]

C#5/G#
Jesse didn't hear the drum

F#sus2
Suddenly lose time

E/G#
All his plans crafted, clever

B/F#
Fated unborn, unfinished forever

C#5/G#
Jesse didn't hear the drum

F#sus2
Stop outside his door

E/G#
In his dreams destiny towered

B/F#
In the cold light of day, it came as a coward

[Pre-Chorus 2]

C#5/G#
Jesse didn't hear the drum

G#7b5
At the age of thirty four

[Chorus] (x2)

B   B6 Amaj7   B6
Jes-se James Bolero

     C#m7           Amaj7
Is a dance upon the run

Amaj7/G#  F#m9
Every     step proclaims

     G#7    G#7/C   C#m  D  E
That he's a wayward son

B   B6 Amaj7    B6
Jes-se James is waiting

        C#m7           Amaj7
For the cheap music to stop

Amaj7/G#     F#m9
Don't    goodbye deserve

     G#7      G#7/C C#m  D  E
Some Bach not barbershop?