Jamaica Say You Will
Jackson Browne


Intro: D  A  G   G/F# Em  A7sus4  D  A7sus4

   D            D7            G               G/F#
Jamaica was the lovely one, I played her well
      Em                    A7sus4                D  A7sus4
As we lay in the tall grass   where the shadows fell
D               D7               G              G/F#
Hiding from the children so they would not tell
         Em                                  A7sus4       (A7)
We would stay there 'til her sister rang the evening bell


        D D7    G                A7sus4 D D7   G
Jamaica say you will help me find     a way to fill these empty hours
A7sus4    D   A   Bm   A               G    G/F# G/E
      And say you will   come again tomorrow


    D             D7           G           G/F#
The daughter of a captain on a rolling sea
          Em                  A7sus4            D  A7sus4
She would stare across the water through the trees
    D                D7               G           G/F#
The last time he was home he held her on his knee
         Em                             A7sus4                  (A7)
Said the next time they would sail away  just where they pleased


        D   D7  G                A7sus4 D   D7 G
Jamaica say you will help me find     a way to fill these lifeless sails
A7sus4    D    A Bm     A                  G  G/F# G/E
      And stay until my ships can find the sea


   D          D7                 G              G/F#
Jamaica was a sweet young one, I loved her true
          Em            A7sus4                 D  A7sus4
She was a comfort and a mercy through and through
D                D7                   G            G/F#
Hiding from this world together, next thing I knew
         Em                                 A7sus4            (A7)
They had brought her things down to the bay, what could I do?


        D D7    G                A7sus4 D   D7 G
Jamaica say you will help me find     a way to fill these sails
    A7sus4     D    A Bm      A               G  G/F# G/E
And that we'll sail until our waters have run dry


G  G/F# G/E D (sustain)
A7sus4 D