John (With The Devil)
By Jesse Welles
Written by Jesse Welles
Album: With The Devil (2025) Digital Only
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gbRjQIGr38o&list=OLAK5uy_nwG_-K5kcmSilGdsycnfC6GPlN6qTM-98&index=10
Tabbed by Larry Mofle
11/16/2025


Jesse recorded 2 separate albums for this release with one being Acoustic and the other full band,
This tab is from the Electric version. The chords are the same for the acoustic version, though.
You can hear the acoustic album here: Devil's Den (2025 ) Digital Only
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4z-0nXhDKe0&list=OLAK5uy_mfMY_04ZJerNEVCMOlgpRZpqxdg0Ql3W4


C
John and I worked at the Chinese restaurant
        F
Washin' dishes and drivin' a truck
      Dm
We'd listen to Sabbath so loud folks complained
       G
In the back, we never gave a f**k
            F
We'd drive down to the river with catpoles and livers
C                      Am
Tallboy High Life's and cigs
F
John'd roll a doobie and we'd talk about movies
    G
And dream of makin' it big
 

Chorus 1:
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In the summer nights
          Dm
Under the big star light
F        G
Dreamin'
        C
Over my head

 
John had a Nissan we'd strap a canoe on
And drive it on down to the stream
We'd paddle around and then pull into town just to see
What we could see
We'd hang out and talk a lot out in the parking lots
John met her under the lights
They went steady through winter November, December
And made it through the Spring all right

 
Chorus
 
Slide solo

John and his lady broke up for some shady s**t
She left him one night after shoutin'
You never loved me but we figured he must've
When he drove his old truck off the mountain
Now I can't go fishin' without kind-a wishin'
That John was there to talk
He left us in wonder and stole all our thunder
I'll never get over the shock
 
 
Chorus 2:
Of the summer nights
Under the big star light
Dreamin'
Over my head

Chorus 3: 
Of them summer nights
Under the big star light
Dreamin'
If it were me instead