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Jesus Just Left Chicago

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Jesus Just Left Chicago
You can get the turnaround and solo from other tabs out there. I think this gives 
you a real easy to follow chord arrangement with lyrics.
The Guitar Pro tab I looked at showed this song with 3 guitars. I've played it with 
two - one doing these chords, turnaround, and solo. And the other guitar doing the 
basic blues shuffle.
Main Chords
e|-G3-C/G-3--|-Cx-F/C-x--|
B|-0--1--|-5--6--|
G|-0--0--|-5--5--|
D|-0--2--|-5--7--|
A|-2--x--|-x--x--|
E|-3--3--|-x--x--|
[Intro]
|          G/                C/G/ |          G/                C/G/ |
[Verse 1]
|          G/                C/G/ |          G/                C/G/ |
  Jesus just left Chicago,                   and he's bound for New
|          G/                C/G/ |          G/                C/G/ |
  Orleans                                                        Well now,
|          C/                F/C/ |          C/                F/C/ |
  Jesus just left Chicago,                     and he's bound for New Or-
|          G/                C/G/ |          G/                C/G/ |
  Leans                                                         Hey,
|          G/                C/G/ |         A5/         B5         C5/ |
  Hey                               Workin' from one end to the other
|          G/         /         / |          G/        /        / |
  and all points in between          (2nd guitar plays turnaround x1 here)
[Verse 2]
|          G/                C/G/ |          G/                        C/G/ |
  Took a jump thru Mississippi,              well, muddy water turned to wi-
|          G/                C/G/ |          G/                      C/G/ |
  ne
|           C/               F/C/ |          C/                     F/C/ |
  Took a jump thru Mississippi,               muddy    water  turned to wi-
|          G/                C/G/ |          G/                      C/G/ |
  ne
|          G/                C/G/ |         A5/         B5          C5/|
       Hey,            hey                Then out to California, to the
|           G/         /        / |          G/         /         / |          G/        /        / |
 forests  and  the  pine                                                  Ah, take me with you Jesus
                                  (2nd guitar plays turnaround x2 here)
[Solo] (1st Solo - standard 12 bar blues)
|  G   G   G   G|  G   G   G   G|  G   G   G   G|  G   G   G   G|
|  C   C   C   C|  C   C   C   C|  G   G   G   G|  G   G   G   G|
|  A-  B- |  G   G   G   G|  G   G   G   G|  G   G   G   G|  G   G   G   G(end of solo: 2nd guitar plays turnaround x4)
[Verse 3]
|             G/                  C/G/ |       G/                         C/G/ |
You might not see Him in person,                but   he'll  see you just the sa-
|             G/                  C/G/ |       G/                  C/G/ |
  me
|             C/                  F/C/ |       C/                      F/C/ |
   You might not see Him in person,              but he'll see you just the sa-
|             G/                  C/G/ |           G/                  C/G/ |
  me                                 Hey,          hey
|         A5/         B5              C5/|          G/         /         / |
  You don't have to worry, cause        takin' care of business is His name
|           G/          /            / |        G/      /      / |        G/      /      / |
        (2nd       guitar     plays     turnaround     x3     here)
[Solo] (2nd Solo - standard 12 bar blues)
|  G   G   G   G|  G   G   G   G|  G   G   G   G|  G   G   G   G|
|  C   C   C   C|  C   C   C   C|  G   G   G   G|  G   G   G   G|              (original song starts
|  A-  B- |  G   G   G   G|  G   G   G   G|  G   G   G   G|  G   G   G        Gfading out here....)

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Jesus Just Left Chicago

by ZZ Top

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C/G

F/C

Jesus Just Left Chicago

You can get the turnaround and solo from other tabs out there. I think this gives

you a real easy to follow chord arrangement with lyrics.

The Guitar Pro tab I looked at showed this song with 3 guitars. I've played it with

two - one doing these chords, turnaround, and solo. And the other guitar doing the

basic blues shuffle.

Main Chords

G C/G C F/C

e|-3--3--|-x--x--|

B|-0--1--|-5--6--|

G|-0--0--|-5--5--|

D|-0--2--|-5--7--|

A|-2--x--|-x--x--|

E|-3--3--|-x--x--|

[Intro]

G C/G G C/G

| / / | / / |

[Verse 1]

G C/G G C/G

| / / | / / |

Jesus just left Chicago, and he's bound for New

G C/G G C/G

| / / | / / |

Orleans Well now,

C F/C C F/C

| / / | / / |

Jesus just left Chicago, and he's bound for New Or-

G C/G G C/G

| / / | / / |

Leans Hey,

G C/G A5 B5 C5

| / / | / / |

Hey Workin' from one end to the other

G G

| / / / | / / / |

and all points in between (2nd guitar plays turnaround x1 here)

[Verse 2]

G C/G G C/G

| / / | / / |

Took a jump thru Mississippi, well, muddy water turned to wi-

G C/G G C/G

| / / | / / |

C F/C C F/C

| / / | / / |

Took a jump thru Mississippi, muddy water turned to wi-

G C/G G C/G

| / / | / / |

G C/G A5 B5 C5

| / / | / /|

Hey, hey Then out to California, to the

G G G

| / / / | / / / | / / / |

forests and the pine Ah, take me with you Jesus

(2nd guitar plays turnaround x2 here)

[Solo] (1st Solo - standard 12 bar blues)

G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G

| | | | |

C C C C C C C C G G G G G G G G

| | | | |

A B G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G

| - - | | | | (end of solo: 2nd guitar plays turnaround x4)

[Verse 3]

G C/G G C/G

| / / | / / |

You might not see Him in person, but he'll see you just the sa-

G C/G G C/G

| / / | / / |

C F/C C F/C

| / / | / / |

You might not see Him in person, but he'll see you just the sa-

G C/G G C/G

| / / | / / |

me Hey, hey

A5 B5 C5 G

| / /| / / / |

You don't have to worry, cause takin' care of business is His name

G G G

| / / / | / / / | / / / |

(2nd guitar plays turnaround x3 here)

[Solo] (2nd Solo - standard 12 bar blues)

G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G

| | | | |

C C C C C C C C G G G G G G G G

A B G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G

| - - | | | | fading out here....)

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