song: Whispering Jesse artist: John Denver album: Higher Ground transcribed: Ken Reynolds
I was saddened by the recent loss of John Denver and the songs that will never be. This selection is a song by John for his daughter. I hope you all enjoy it.
Whispering Jesse John Denver (klr)
I often had wandered, in deep contemplation
It seems that the mind runs wild when you're all alone
The way that it could be, the ways that it should be D-A-G Things I'd do differently, if I could do them again
I've always loved springtime, the passing of winter A-G The green of the new leaves and life goin' on
The promise of morning, the long days of summer A-G Warm nights of loving her, beneath the bright stars
I'm just an old cowboy, from high Colorado A-G To old to ride anymore, too blind to see G-A I sleep in the city now, away from my mountains - D-A-G Away from the cabin we always called home
I dreamed I left there, on an old palamino D-A-G Whispering Jesse rode right by my side
I long to hold her, to hear her soft breathing D-A-G The touch of her cool hand, on my fevered brow
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D-A-G Whispering Jesse, still rides in the mountains
Still sings in the canyons, still lives in my heart .
