Jessie’s girl    (video)    (midi)

 

    C - G - Am   - F - G - C (2x)

 

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1. Jessie is a friend,

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    yeah, I know, he’s been a good friend of mine.

           C        G                 Am                    F         G C

    But lately somethin’s changed, it ain’t hard to define,

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    Jessie’s got himself a girl, and I wanna make her mine.

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    And she’s watching him with those eyes,       

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    and she’s loving him with that body, I just know it,

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    and he’s holding her in his arms, late, late at night.

 

G                                       C

    You know I wish I had Jessie’s girl,

Am                           G           C

     I wish that I had Jessie’s girl.

Am - C                                  Am              G

             Where can I find a woman like that ?

 

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2. I’ll play along with the charade,

                             C         G      Am             F        - G - C

    there doesn’t seem to be a reason to change,

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    You know, I feel so dirty when they start talking cute,

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    I wanna tell her that I love her, but the point is prob’ly moot.

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    ‘Cause she’s watching him with those eyes,       

                      C               G           Am      F        G       - C

    and she’s loving him with that body, I just know it,

                      C        G      Am           F     G         C

    and he’s holding her in his arms, late, late at night.

 

G                                       C

    You know I wish I had Jessie’s girl,

Am                           G           C

     I wish that I had Jessie’s girl.

Am - C                                   F                G

             Where can I find a woman like that ?

 

         C

Like Jessie’s girl,

Am                           G           C

     I wish that I had Jessie’s girl.

Am - C                                   F         - G - C

             Where can I find a woman,

C                                 Am              G

    where can I find a woman like that.           +  F - C - G (2x)

 

     F                  C                   G

+       And I’m looking in the mirror all the time,

F                     C                   G

    wond’rin what she don’t see in me.

F                              C                        G

    Yeah, I’ve been funny, I’ve been cool with the lines,

F                          C                   G

    ain’t that the way love’s supposed to be.     +  A - F#m  - A - F#m (2x)

 

                   - C                                  F                G

+  Tell me,        where can I find a woman like that ?

 

+  C - Am - F - C (4x)

 

    G                                        C

+       You know I wish I had Jessie’s girl,

Am                           G           C   - Am              G           C

     I wish that I had Jessie’s girl.          I want Jessie’s girl.

Am - C                                   F                G              C

            Where can I find a woman like that ? Like Jessie’s girl.

Am                           G           C   - Am              G           C

     I wish that I had Jessie’s girl.          I want Jessie’s girl.

 

+  Am - C     - C - F - C - G - C

 

(orig. = capo 2nd)    (Rick Springfield)