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