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