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Jesses Soul - Radney Foster Chords

Chords: D, G, C, A, B, F

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Genre: country, folk, soul


[Intro]
D

[Verse 1]
D
Now Jesse's pew was empty for three Sundays in a row
D
The elders sent a party just to find out what was wrong
G
The first thing that they found when they broke down the door
D C G D
Was a yellowed piece of paper lyin' on the floor

[Verse 2]
D
Written in some woman's hand that no one recognized
D
Was a note that had been dated August 1965
G
Said Jesse, don't forsake me on one last final score
D C G D
Meet me in Del Rio, it's the one we waited for

[Chorus]
A G D
The Lord was Jesse's shepherd and rightous was his path
A B G
There's still a debt to settle with the demons of his past
D G
The double-crossed had doubled back and vengeance took control
D C G D
There's blood across the river and a stain on Jesse's soul

[Verse 3]
D
A Mexican newspaper and a younger Jesse's face
D
A 30 year old road map and an empty cartridge case
G
Were lyin' by the Bible that was opened to the Psalms
D C G D
He took his comfort with him cause the twenty-third was gone

[Chorus]
A G D
The Lord was Jesse's shepherd and rightous was his path
A B G
There's still a debt to settle with the demons of his past
D G
The double-crossed had doubled back and vengeance took control
D C G D
There's blood across the river and a stain on Jesse's soul

[Interlude]
A G D
A B G
D G
D C G D

[Bridge]

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