Search

☀️ 🌙 📟

My Songbook

Jessies Girl by Rick Springfield

Tab

Rate for accuracy

🎸

2.8/5 (6 votes)

Jessie’s Girl by Rick Springfield from "Working Class Dog"
 

 D A Bm   G A D  
 D A Bm   G A D  
 
D      A    Bm      G  A  D
 Jessie is a friend,
         D        A      Bm             G     A  D
Yeah I know, he’s been a good friend of mine
     D     A           Bm                 G      A D
But lately something’s changed,. . .
          D      A      Bm          G     A        D
Jessie’s got himself a girl,. . .
 

Pre-Chorus
           D            A         Bm      G  A  D
And she’s watching him with those eyes,
           D           A        Bm      G   A      D
And she’s loving him with that body,. . .
          D            A      Bm   G    A      D
And he’s holding her in his arms,. . .

Chorus
 A                            A  D          A  Bm  Asus4 
  You know, I wish that I had Jessie’s girl,
  Bm        Asus4 A  D          A  Bm  Asus4  Bm  Asus4
I wish that I had . . .
 G      A     D           Bm         A
  Where can I find her, . . .?
 

Verse 2 played same as verse 1
 

Pre-chorus  Chorus  Chorus
 
                              A  D          A  Bm  Asus4 
  You know, I wish that I had Jessie’s girl,
  Bm        Asus4 A  D          A  Bm  Asus4  Bm  Asus4
I wish that I had Jessie’s girl,
 G      A     D           G     A    D
  Where can I find her, a woman,
 G      A     D           Bm         A
  Where can I find her, a woman like that?
 

Bridge  (somebody stays on a G chord)
                G           D        A
G   D A       e|7-----------10-------9--|
G   D A       B|8-----------10-------10-|
              G|7-----------11-------9--|
              D|------------------------|
              A|------------------------|
              E|------------------------|
 

 G        D               A  
  And I’m looking in the mirror all the time,
 G          D               A  
  Wondering what she don’t see in me
 G               D                A  
  Yeah I’ve been funny . . .
 G        D                  A  
Ain’t that the way love’s . . .
 
 F#  B   F#  G#m   F#sus4  G#m  F#sus4
 F#  B   F#  G#m   F#sus4  G#m  F#sus4
 F#  B   F#  G#m   F#sus4  G#m  F#sus4
 F#  B   F#  G#m   F#sus4  G#m  F#sus4
 
  
       |G      A     D          |Bm        A
Tell me, where can I find her a woman like that?
 
D  A  Bm   G  A  D  (X4)  (start Dmaj guitar solo)
 
Outro
 A                            A  D          A  Bm  Asus4 
  You know, I wish that I had Jessie’s girl,
  Bm        Asus4 A  D          A  Bm  Asus4  Bm  Asus4  Bm
I wish that I had Jessie’s girl,
  Asus4 A  D          A  Bm  Asus4  Bm  Asus4
I want  Jessie’s girl,
 G      A     D           Bm         A
  Where can I find her, a woman like that?
     A  D          A  Bm  Asus4 
Like Jessie’s girl,
  Bm        Asus4 A  D          A  Bm  Asus4  Bm  Asus4
I wish that I had Jessie’s girl,
  Bm      Asus4 A  D          A  Bm  Asus4  Bm  Asus4
I want, I want  Jessie’s girl,
 
Ending
|1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & |1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & |
|A D   D   A D A |G       D       |
 
SOLO
b = bend
r = release
h = hold
~ = vibrate
/ = slide up
\ = slide down
 
D    A    Bm    G     A     D      D    A   Bm     G        A       D
------12------------------------|------17------------------------------
---------12----15-12----15------|-17bh----b17r-15----------15----------
-7~~~~------14-------14----14br-|-----------------16-15-14----16-15-14~
--------------------------------|--------------------------------------
--------------------------------|--------------------------------------
--------------------------------|--------------------------------------
  D       A          Bm  G       A          D
--12br-------------------15--14--12-----12---------|
--------15--14-14-15-12-------------15------15~~~--|
---------------------------------------------------|
---------------------------------------------------|
---------------------------------------------------|
---------------------------------------------------|
   D       A       Bm     G       A       D    A
-----------------------------------------------------|
-----------12--14---------12--11--12--15--15---------|
--/13--14----------14-----12--11--12--14--14--\2~~~~-|
-----------------------------------------------------|
-----------------------------------------------------|
-----------------------------------------------------|
 
THE END