Jesse James Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[D]
Jesse James was a lad
That [G]killed many a [D]man
He robbed the Glendale [A]train
He [D]stole from the rich
And he [G]gave to the [D]poor
He'd a hand and a [A]heart and a [D]brain

[Verse 2]
Well it [D]was Robert Ford
That [G]dirty little [D]coward
I wonder now how he [A]feels
For he [D]ate of Jesse's bread
And he [G]slept in Jesse's [D]bed
And he laid poor [A]Jesse in his [D]grave

[Chorus 1]
Well [G]Jesse had a wife
To [D]mourn for his life
Three children, now they were [A]brave
Well that [D]dirty little coward
That [G]shot Mr. [D]Howard
He laid poor [A]Jesse in his [D]grave

[Interlude 1]
[D][G][D]
[D][A]
[D][G][D]
[D][A][D]

[Verse 3]
Well [D]Jesse was a man
A [G]friend to the [D]poor
He'd never rob a mother or a [A]child
There [D]never was a man
with the [G]law in his [D]hand
That could take Jesse [A]James when [D]alive

[Verse 4]
It was [D]on a Sunday night
Well the [G]moon was shining [D]bright
They robbed the Glendale [A]train
And the [D]people they did say
o'er [G]many miles a[D]way
It was those outlaws [A]Frank and Jesse [D]James

[Chorus 2]
Well [G]Jesse had a wife
To [D]mourn for his life
Three children, now they were [A]brave
Well that [D]dirty little coward
That [G]shot Mr. [D]Howard
He laid poor [A]Jesse in his [D]grave

[Interlude 2]
[D][G][D]
[D][A]
[D][G][D]
[D][A][D]

[Verse 5]
Now the [D]people held their breath
When they [G]heard of Jesse's [D]death
They wondered how he'd ever come [A]to fall
Robert [D]Ford it was a fact
He shot [G]Jesse in the [D]back
While Jesse hung a [A]picture on the [D]wall

[Verse 6]
[D]Jesse went to rest
with his [G]head on his [D]breast
The devil upon his [A]knee
He was [D]born one day [G]in County [D]Clay
And he came from a [A]so litary [D]race

[Chorus 3]
Well [G]Jesse had a wife
To [D]mourn for his life
Three children, now they were [A]brave
Well that [D]dirty little coward
That [G]shot Mr. [D]Howard
He laid poor [A]Jesse in his [D]grave

[Solo 1]
[D][G][D]
[D][A]
[D][G][D]
[D][A][D]

[Solo 2]
[D][G][D]
[D][A]
[D][G][D]
[D][A][D]