Wish We Were Back In Missouri   ...from -The Legend of Jesse James


VERSE 1

D                   G         D
Don't the steamships sail real slow
D                        G       A
Ain't you tired of them Broadway shows
       G     D        A      D
This Paris dress don't look its best
G                     D
Worn on the woman of a man
             G             A
Who gets his money dealing death

CHORUS 1
D                        G
I wish we were back in Missouri
                              D
Where the cottonwoods bend in the breeze
                         G
I wish we were back in Missouri
                              D
Hear the nightbirds singing in the trees
                          G 
I wish we were back in Missouri
                                 D
Ploughing land and praying for rain
    A            G                    D
Oh Jesse, take me home - let's start all over again

VERSE(2)
D                   G         D
What made you shoot Cashier Sheets
D                           G           A
And that banking man in the Russelville streets
G      D        A      D
Don't you ever fear those widows' tears
G                     D
How the blood runs cold in your veins
     G             A
In the past few years

CHORUS 2
I wish we were back in Missouri

Simple people in a simple land

I wish we were back in Missouri

Remember those childhood plans

I wish we were back in Missouri

Where we know just who are our friends

Oh Jesse, take me home - let's start all over again

VERSE 3
Jesse, something's changed in you

Blood now stains the flag you flew

Where's the man who took a stand
           
'Don't hurt nobody but take all you can'


cHORUS 3
I wish we were back in Missouri

Where the cottonwoods bend in the breeze

I wish we were back in Missouri

Hear the nightbirds singing in the trees

I wish we were back in Missouri

Ploughing land and praying for rain

Oh Jesse, take me home - Let's start all over again

I wish we were back in Missouri