Jesse's Soul
By Radney Foster
Written by Radney Foster & Tim DuBois
CD: Labor Of Love (1995)
Tabbed By Larry Mofle
11/29/15


Drop D Tuning


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


Written in some woman's hand that no one recognized
Was a note that had been dated August 1965
Said Jesse, don't forsake me one last final score
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 have double backed and vengeance took control
              D                            C        G       D
Well. there's blood across the river and a stain on Jesse's soul


A Mexican newspaper with a younger Jesse's face
A 30 year old road map and an empty cartridge case
Were lyin' by the bible that was opened to the Psalms
He took his comfort with him cause the 23rd was gone

Chorus

Solo

F                            D
30 years of dreamin just how sweet revenge can be
     F                         D  
Will twist the soul of any man and steal his sanity 
D                            G
No amount of Sunday hymns is ever gonna set that straight
D                                 C         G      D
Jesse took the peace he found and nailed it to his hate


Chorus