{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1973885,"song":"Sweet Jezebel","artist":"Mean Mary","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11441797-sweet-jezebel-chords-by-mean-mary/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1973885?type=chord","rating":4.73219,"votes":10,"content":"Mean Mary - Sweet Jezebel\r\n\r\n\r\nCAPO: 4th Fret\r\n\r\n\r\n## NOTE: Notes in parentheses( ) are single-note Bass Walk-Downs ##\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n[Intro]\r\n[ch]Em[/ch]    (G)(F#) Em    (G)(F#) [ch]Em[/ch]    (G)(F#) [ch]Em[/ch]    (G)\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab](F#)  [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nIn Louisian’, where swamp is land [/tab]\r\n                           (G)(F#)\r\nAnd cotton falls like snow\r\n[tab]      [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nWhere alligators slink, mosquitoes drink[/tab]\r\n                             (G)\r\nAnd wild things love to grow\r\n[tab](F#)   [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nIt was past midnight, I had one headlight [/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd my gas pedal on the floor[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nI was tired of watching clocks and taking hard knocks[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]B7[/ch]          [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd locking my dreams in a drawer[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab]    [ch]E[/ch]\r\nUp ahead in the night, a deer took flight [/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAs warm rain started to fall[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nHeard my tires squeal as I jerked the wheel [/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Am[/ch]               [ch]B7[/ch]       [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd drove straight into an oak tree wall[/tab]\r\n\r\nMy head in a daze, I escaped through a maze \r\n[tab]   [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nOf busted steel and glass[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nIn silk pantyhose with holes in the toes[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Am[/ch]                  [ch]B7[/ch]       [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nI started running through the tall wet grass[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]                   [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nI saw a house all alone, as bare as a bone[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]                     [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nLike someone had thrown it away[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]                     [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nIt reeked of smoke and neglect [/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]Am[/ch]                   [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nThat choked memories of a better day[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Am[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI stood at the door, soaked to my core [/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd feeling just a little insane[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Am[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWhen the door opened wide, a man stood inside [/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nAnd said, \"Come in out of the rain\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]N.C.                      [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nSaid, \"Come in out of the rain\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Interlude]\r\n[ch]Em[/ch]    (G)(F#) [ch]Em[/ch]    (G)(F#) [ch]Em[/ch]    (G)(F#) [ch]Em[/ch]    (G)(F#)\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nHis eyes were dark like the eyes of a shark[/tab]\r\n                                        (G)(F#)\r\nAnd his face was neither young nor old\r\n[tab]  [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nI paused for a beat before moving my feet[/tab]\r\n                                 (G)\r\nAnd crossing that wide threshold\r\n  (F#)   Em\r\nIt was a summer night and a fire burned bright\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nBut I began to shiver and shake[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nHe gave me a coat of fur, a smile demure[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]B7[/ch]           [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd a plate full of devil’s food cake[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab]           [ch]E[/ch]\r\nOh, he sat down on a chair like a lion in his lair [/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd lit up a thin cigar[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nWith an air of conceit, reached down by his feet [/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]B7[/ch]     [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd picked up a red guitar[/tab]\r\n\r\nHe ran his hand down the strings like his fingers were wings \r\n[tab]      [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd a strange silence fell [/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nHe said, \"This is my story, my life and my glory[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]B7[/ch]    [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nOh, this is my sweet Jezebel\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                     [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nJezebel was slim with ebony trim[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]                    [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd I stared in wonder and awe[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nHer neck was inlaid with pearl and jade[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]                         [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nAnd I couldn’t find one single flaw[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Am[/ch]                     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHe started to play, and I started to pray [/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAs that fire burned hotter than hell[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]Am[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd I could feel a hole burning clear through my soul[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nAs I listened to sweet Jezebel[/tab]\r\n[tab]N.C.                  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI listened to sweet Jezebel[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Instrumental]\r\n[ch]C[/ch]  [ch]F#dim7[/ch]  [ch]D7/F#[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]F#dim7[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]\r\n[ch]Em[/ch]         [ch]F#dim7[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch]        [ch]F#dim7[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]B7[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 5]\r\n    \r\nShe sang about sin and places she’d been\r\n[tab]      [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd I found myself lost in her spell[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nOf murder and lies, deceit and disguise[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]B7[/ch]            [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nWas the song of, oh, sweet Jezebel[/tab]\r\n\r\nLike a siren of the sea, she sang it to me\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd each note was calling my name[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd the harder I fought, the closer I got[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Am[/ch]               [ch]B7[/ch]      [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nTo standing in that red-hot flame[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]  [ch]C[/ch]                             [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nA faint morning glow, through a dusty window[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Am[/ch]              [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nWashed over me like a flood[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]                      [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nAnd the song of a sparrow came straight as an arrow [/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]                  [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nThrough that guitar, red as blood[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Am[/ch]                         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThere was fear and surprise in those cold shark eyes [/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAs I reached for sweet Jezebel[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]                     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd the flames leapt higher as straight in the fire [/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nI threw that guitar back to hell[/tab]\r\n[tab]N.C.                        [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nI threw that guitar back to hell[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Interlude]\r\n[ch]Em[/ch]    (G)(F#) [ch]Em[/ch]    (G)(F#) [ch]Em[/ch]    (G)(F#) [ch]Em[/ch]    (G)\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 6]\r\n[tab](F#) [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAn unholy scream cut through my dream[/tab]\r\n                                    (G)(F#)\r\nAnd I woke with my head on the dash\r\n[tab]   [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nMy car smelled of smoke from the rain that had choked [/tab]\r\n                                    (G)(F#)\r\nThe fire that flamed from the crash\r\n[tab]  [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nI jumped from my seat, away from that heat [/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd kneeled on that rain-soaked ground [/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nI prayed till I cried, till the fear in my died[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]B7[/ch]         [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd on that lonely road I was found[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 7]\r\n    \r\nOh, never again will I be taken in \r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nBy a stranger in the night[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nI take the path narrow and the song of a sparrow [/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Am[/ch]                [ch]B7[/ch]          [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nLeads me straight into the arms of the light[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]                          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBut sometimes in the dark I see the eyes of a shark[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd I’m lost in a dream for a spell[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Am[/ch]                     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBefore I can wake, I eat devil’s food cake [/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nAnd hear again, sweet Jezebel[/tab]\r\n[tab]N.C.                        [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nHear again, sweet Jezebel[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n[ch]C[/ch]  [ch]F#dim7[/ch]  [ch]D7/F#[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]F#dim7[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]D7/F#[/ch]   [ch]Em[/ch]","plain_text":"Mean Mary - Sweet Jezebel\n\n\nCAPO: 4th Fret\n\n\n## NOTE: Notes in parentheses( ) are single-note Bass Walk-Downs ##\n\n\n\n[Intro]\nEm    (G)(F#) Em    (G)(F#) Em    (G)(F#) Em    (G)\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n                           (G)(F#)\nAnd cotton falls like snow\n\n                             (G)\nAnd wild things love to grow\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\nMy head in a daze, I escaped through a maze \n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Interlude]\nEm    (G)(F#) Em    (G)(F#) Em    (G)(F#) Em    (G)(F#)\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n                                        (G)(F#)\nAnd his face was neither young nor old\n\n                                 (G)\nAnd crossing that wide threshold\n  (F#)   Em\nIt was a summer night and a fire burned bright\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n\nHe ran his hand down the strings like his fingers were wings \n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Instrumental]\nC  F#dim7  D7/F#  C  F#dim7  C\nEm         F#dim7  F  Em        F#dim7  Em       C  B7  Em\n\n\n[Verse 5]\n    \nShe sang about sin and places she’d been\n\n\n\n\nLike a siren of the sea, she sang it to me\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Interlude]\nEm    (G)(F#) Em    (G)(F#) Em    (G)(F#) Em    (G)\n\n\n[Verse 6]\n\n                                    (G)(F#)\nAnd I woke with my head on the dash\n\n                                    (G)(F#)\nThe fire that flamed from the crash\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 7]\n    \nOh, never again will I be taken in \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Outro]\nC  F#dim7  D7/F#  C  F#dim7  C  D7/F#   Em","chords":["Em","G","F","Am","B7","E","C","D","F#dim7","D7/F#","A"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"B7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,1,3,0,4],"frets":[-1,2,1,2,0,2]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]}}}