Steve Taylor – Jenny chords

[intro]
     D        G             D         G

     D        A             D         A2On a Saturday night all the girls run free
         Bm      F#m        Bm        F#mSinging "bury me not on the lone prairie"
    D            A           D             EsusBut where do you go when you finish broken-hearted?
  A           F#             Bm--back to the dust where you started

[verse 1]
D             G        A          F#Jenny cut her teeth in a mid-west shack
     Bm         G           A                F#As a shantytown girl on the wrong end of the tracks
     Bm             G          A                  F#Her mama taught her everything she'd need to get along
           Bm           G                F#sus     F#And her Sunday School teacher taught her right and wrong
 A                           GRaised to be respectable but born to be poor
           Bm         Bm/D            Em          F#It was all she'd ever known but she figured there was more
    Bm           G       A                F#When she came of age Jenny made herself a vow
      Bm       G         F#sus      F#"I'm gonna get out and I don't care how"

      Bm       G         A2         F#7
      Bm       G         A          F#7

[verse 2]
     D            G         A              F#It appeared every Autumn on the courthouse lawn
        Bm           G        A                 F#And the leaves never fell till the carnival was gone
Bm            G             A      F#Michael was a barker for an arcade ride
       Bm          G            F#sus     F#With a smooth-talk tongue and a wandering eye
     A                         G"Get your tickets here for the Halls O'Mirrors maze
       Bm        Bm/D    Em         F#If you can't get out I know a couple ways"
   Bm             G           A               F#He caught Jenny's eye but her thoughts looked down
        Bm           G            F#susAll she wanted was a ticket going out of that town


[chorus]
F#She cried, she cried, oh
Bm             GOh how I wanna bury you
Bm              G         AOh bury you and run away--done away
Bm             G         AOh how I wanna bury your memory
Bm Em F#                            Bm G A2 F#7     Bm G A          Why don't you let me be?

[verse 3]
        D            G          A               F#Michael stole a kiss first then he whispered at last
          Bm         G           A                  F#"you're a little old-fashioned so forget about your past
      Bm         G          A            F#These Bible belt folks think living is a sin
        Bm             G            F#sus         F#So they all start dying from the day they're born again"
         A                         GAnd there atop the Ferris wheel the colours were a blur
        Bm           Bm/D            Em         F#The morning said he loved her but she wasn't really sure
        Bm          G           A                F#He made her promise not to leave until he came to get her
    Bm              G               F#susShe promised him but she should have known better

[chorus]
F#She cried, she cried, oh
Bm             GOh how I wanna bury you
Bm              G         AOh bury you and run away--done away
Bm             G         AOh how I wanna bury your memory
Bm Em F#                            Bm G A2 F#7     Bm G A          Why don't you let me be?

[bridge]
Bm        G        A2         F#                               Oh, Jenny...

F#m       A        B          G#
C#m       A        B          C#m7 B/D#  E           Amaj7                              On   a     train--stowaway
C#m                            BJesus loves you still and your mama wants you home
       E          Amaj7But oh    bridges burn
         C#m                      B2                G#When you carry your shame and you think you can't return

[chorus]
C#m            AOh how I wanna bury you
C#m             A         BOh bury you and run away--done away
C#m            A         BOh how I wanna bury your memory
C#m            F#        G#

[verse 4]
          C#m              A       B           G#mWhen they finally found her body on a cold dog day
       C#m        A   B              G#It was in a cattle car buried in the hay
  C#m         A         B          G#mA note in the pocket of her calico dress
          C#m       A      G#mSaid "I'm guilty as sin but I can't confess"
        B2                         A2Once you know the truth you can hide it on a shelf
              C#m       C#m/E         F#            G#mBut unless you bring it down you can't live with yourself
       C#m        A          B2               G#mIn her right hand Jenny held the Bible of her mother
   C#m      F#m           G#Jenny had a pistol in the other

[outro]
     D        G             D         G
     D        A             D         A2On a Saturday night all the girls run free
         Bm      F#m        Bm        F#mSinging "bury me not on the lone prairie"
    D           A           D              EsusBut where do you go when you finish broken-hearted?
A           F#             BmBack to the dust where you started