Verse
F A#
Jesse James was a lad that killed many a man,
F C
He robbed the Danville train,
F A#
He stole from the rich and he gave to the poor,
F C F
He'd a hand and a heart and a brain.
[Chorus]
A# F
Poor Jesse had a wife to mourn for his life,
C
Three children, they were brave;
F A#
But the dirty little coward that shot Mr. Howard
F C F
Has laid Jesse James in his grave.
[Verse 2]
F A#
It was Robert Ford, that dirty little coward,
F C
I wonder how he does feel,
F A#
For he ate of Jesse's bread and he slept in Jesse's bed,
F C F
Then he laid poor Jesse in his grave.
[Chorus]
A# F
Poor Jesse had a wife to mourn for his life,
C
Three children, they were brave;
F A#
But the dirty little coward that shot Mr. Howard
F C F
Has laid Jesse James in his grave.
[Verse 3]
F A#
Jesse was a man, a friend to the poor,
F C
He'd never see a man suffer pain,;
F A#
And with his brother Frank, he robbed the Chicago bank,
F C F
And stopped the Glendale train.
[Chorus]
A# F
Poor Jesse had a wife to mourn for his life,
C
Three children, they were brave;
F A#
But the dirty little coward that shot Mr. Howard
F C F
Has laid Jesse James in his grave.
[Verse 4]
F A#
It was on a Wednesday night and the moon was shining bright,
F C
They robbed the Glendale train,
F A#
And the people they did say for many miles away,
F C F
It was robbed by Frank and Jesse James.
[Chorus]
A# F
Poor Jesse had a wife to mourn for his life,
C
Three children, they were brave;
F A#
But the dirty little coward that shot Mr. Howard
F C F
Has laid Jesse James in his grave.
[Verse 5]
F A#
lt was his brother Frank that robbed the Gallatin bank,
F C
And carried the money from the town;
F A#
lt was in this very place that they had a little race,
F C F
For they shot Captain Sheets to the ground.
[Chorus]
A# F
Poor Jesse had a wife to mourn for his life,
C
Three children, they were brave;
F A#
But the dirty little coward that shot Mr. Howard
F C F
Has laid Jesse James in his grave.
[Verse 6]
F A#
They went to the crossing not very far from there,
F C
And there they did the same;
F A#
With the agent on his knees, he delivered up the keys
F C F
To the outlaws, Frank and Jesse James.
[Chorus]
A# F
Poor Jesse had a wife to mourn for his life,
C
Three children, they were brave;
F A#
But the dirty little coward that shot Mr. Howard
F C F
Has laid Jesse James in his grave.
[Verse 7]
F A#
It was on Saturday night and Jesse was at home
F C
Talking with his family brave,
F A#
Robert Ford came along like a thief in the night
F C F
And laid poor Jesse in his grave.
[Chorus]
A# F
Poor Jesse had a wife to mourn for his life,
C
Three children, they were brave;
F A#
But the dirty little coward that shot Mr. Howard
F C F
Has laid Jesse James in his grave.
[Verse 8]
F A#
The people held their breath when they heard of Jesse's death,
F C
And wondered how he ever came to die.
F A#
It was one of the gang called little Robert Ford,
F C F
He shot poor Jesse on the sly.
[Chorus]
A# F
Poor Jesse had a wife to mourn for his life,
C
Three children, they were brave;
F A#
But the dirty little coward that shot Mr. Howard
F C F
Has laid Jesse James in his grave.
[Verse 9]
F A#
Jesse went to rest with his hand on his breast,
F C
The devil will be upon his knee.
F A#
He was born one day in the county of Clay,
F C F
And he came from a solitary race.
[Chorus]
A# F
Poor Jesse had a wife to mourn for his life,
C
Three children, they were brave;
F A#
But the dirty little coward that shot Mr. Howard
F C F
Has laid Jesse James in his grave.
[Verse 10]
F A#
This song was made by Billy Gashade
F C
As soon as the news did arrive;
F A#
He said there was no man with the law in his hand
F C F
Who could take Jesse James when alive.
[Chorus]
A# F
Poor Jesse had a wife to mourn for his life,
C
Three children, they were brave;
F A#
But the dirty little coward that shot Mr. Howard
F C F
Has laid Jesse James in his grave.
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