Originally in D, I play in A capo 3... highest note that matters is the 5 (“*Jess*ie’s girl”)
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Vox on the 1
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Jessie | is a | friend |
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Yeah I | know, he’s | been a | good friend of mine |
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But | lately som | ethin’s | changed, it ain’t | hard to | define |
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Jessie’s | got | himself a | girl, and I | wanna m | ake her mine |
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And she’s | watchin’ h | im | with those | eyes |
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And she’s | lovin’ him | with that b | ody, I | just | know it |
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And he’s h | oldin’ | her i | n his arms, | late l | ate at | night |
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Y’know, I wish that I had |
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I wish that I had | Jessi | e’s girl | → | → | → | → |
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Where c | an I | find a | woman like | that? |
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I’ll play a | long with | the chara | de |
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There doesn’t s | eem to | be a | reason to | change |
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Y’know I | feel so | d | irty when they | start | talkin’ | 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 | watchin’ h | im | with those | eyes |
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And she’s | lovin’ him | with that b | ody, I | just | know it |
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And he’s h | oldin’ | her i | n his arms, | late l | ate at | night |
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Y’know, I wish that I had |
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I wish that I had | Jessi | e’s girl | → | → | → | → | → |
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Where c | an I | find a | woman like | that? |
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Like | Jessi | e’s girl | → | → | → | → |
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I wish that I had | Jessi | e’s girl | → | → | → | → | → |
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Where c | an I | find a | woman |
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Where c | an I | find a | woman like | that? |
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And I’m | lookin’ in the | mirror all the time |
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Wond’rin’ w | hat she don’t s | ee in me |
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Yeah I’ve been fu | nny I’ve been c | ool with the lines |
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Ain’t that the w | ay love’s suppo | sed to be? |
Quirky key change, fine to skip this
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Tell me, | where c | an I | find a | woman like | that? |
Solo on verse chords
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Y’know, I wish that I had |
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Jessi | e’s girl | → | → | → | → |
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I wish that I had | Jessi | e’s girl | → | → | → | → |
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I want | Jessi | e’s girl | → | → | → | → |
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Where c | an I | find a | woman like | that? |
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Like | Jessi | e’s girl | → | → | → | → |
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I wish that I had | Jessi | e’s girl | → | → | → | → |
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I want, I want | Jessi | e’s girl | → | → | → | → |
Outro
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