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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