Jesse James - traditional - 70 bpm

Jesse 
G
James we 

under

stand 

has 
C
killed 

many a 
G
man. 

He 
G
robbed 

the 

Uni

on 
D
trains

He 
G
stole 

from the 

rich 

and 
C
gave 

to the 
G
poor.

He'd a 
G
hand 

and a 
D
heart 

and a 
G
brain

Well it was 
G
on a 

Saturday 

night 

the 
C
stars were 

shining 
G
bright. 

They 
G
robbed 

the 

Glen

dale 
D
train

And the 
G
people 

they did 

say 

for 
C
many 

miles a
G
way

It was those 
G
outlaws 

D
Frank and 

Jesse 
G
James

	Now 
C
Jesse 

had a 

wife 

lived a 
G
lady 

all her 

life

	And 
G
children 


they 

were 
D
brave

	But 
G
history 

does re

cord 

that 
C
Bob and 

Charlie 
G
Ford

	Have 
G
laid 

poor 
D
Jesse 

in his 
G
grave

Well it was 
G
Bob and 

Charlie 

Ford 

those 
C
dirty 

little 
G
cowards

I 
G
wonder 


how 

they 
D
feel

For they 
G
ate of 

Jesse's 

bread 

and they 
C
slept in 

Jesse's 
G
bed

And they 
G
laid 

poor 
D
Jesse 

in his 
G
grave

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