D G A Bm G D I often had wandered, in deep contemplationG A D A G Bm A It seems that the mind runs wild when you´re all aloneG D G A D The way that it could be, the ways that it should beG A D-A-G A D Things I´d do differently, if I could do them againD G A Bm G D I´ve always loved springtime, the passing of winterG A D A-G Bm A The green of the new leaves and life goin´ onG D G A D The promise of morning, the long days of summerG A D A-G A D Warm nights of loving her, beneath the bright starsD G A Bm G D I´m just an old cowboy, from high ColoradoG A D A-G Bm A To old to ride anymore, too blind to seeG D G-A D I sleep in the city now, away from my mountainsG -A D-A-G A D Away from the cabin we always called homeD G D G A D I dreamed I left there, on an old palaminoG A D-A-G Bm A Whispering Jesse rode right by my sideG D G A D I long to hold her, to hear her soft breathingG A D-A-G A D The touch of her cool hand, on my fevered browG - A - D G - A - D G - A - Bm - G - A A D-A-G A D Whispering Jesse, still rides in the mountainsG A D G A D Still sings in the canyons, still lives in my heart