Jesse James - Harry Mcclintock Chords
Chords: C, F, G
More chords by Harry Mcclintock
Genre: folk, cowboy, traditional
[Part 1]
C F C
Ahh, the people held their breath when they heard of Jesse's death,
C G
wondered how he came to die.
C F C
For the big grey war and little Robert Ford
C G C
shot Jesse James on the sly.
C F C
It was Robert Ford that dirty little coward.
C G
I wonder how he does feel?
C F C
For he ate Jesse's bread and he slept in Jesse's bed
C G C
then he laid Jesse James in his grave.
[Chorus]
F C
Jesse leaves a wife that will mourn all her life,
C G
the children that he left will pray.
C F C
For Bob Ford the coward that shot Mr. Howard
C G C
and laid Jesse James in his grave.
[Part 2]
C F C
Jesse was a man, a friend to the poor,
C G
he'd never see a man suffer pain.
C F C
But with his brother Frank, he robbed the Springfield bank
C G C
and stopped the Glendale train.
C F C
It was his brother Frank that robbed the Gallatin bank.
C G
And carried the money from the town.
C F C
It was in this very place, they had a little chase
C G C
and they shot Captain Sheeks to the ground.
[Chorus]
F C
Jesse leaves a wife that will mourn all her life,
C G
the children that he left will pray.
C F C
For Bob Ford the coward that shot Mr. Howard
C G C
and laid Jesse James in his grave.
[Part 3]
C F C
They went to the cross'n not very far from there.
C G
And there they did the same.
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