Intro: G C G
(spoken)
G
Frank and Jesse James were products of their environment
D G
They were sent out into the woods by their parents to forage for berries
C G
Truffles, rutabagas and roots of all sorts
D G
Put yourself in their place, you'd a been mean too
Verse
C
When Jesse James was a lad he killed many a man
G D
He robbed the Glendale train
G C
And the people they did say for many miles away
G D G
It was robbed by Frank and Jesse James
C G
Poor Jesse had a wife who mourned for his life
D
Three children, they were brave
G C
But that dirty little coward who shot Mister Howard
G D G
Has laid poor Jesse in his grave
Verse
C
It was on a Saturday night, if I remember right
G D
When they robbed that Glendale train
G C
It was one of the Younger boys who gathered in the spoils
G D G
And he carried Jesse's monies away
C G
Poor Jesse had a wife who mourned for his life
D
Three children, they were brave
G C
But that dirty little coward who shot Mister Howard
G D G
Has laid poor Jesse in his grave
Verse
C G
He was standin' on a chair just a-dustin' pictures there
D
He thought he heard a noise
G C
When he turned his head around, why that bullet smacked him down
G D G
And it laid poor Jesse on the floor
C G
Poor Jesse had a wife who mourned for his life
D
Three children, they were brave
G C
But that dirty little coward who shot Mister Howard
G D G
Has laid poor Jesse in his grave
Instrumental: G C G D G C G D G
Verse
C
Jesse robbed from the poor and he gave to the rich
G D
He never did a friendly thing
G C
And when his best friend died, he was right there by her side
G D G
And he lifted off her golden wedding ring
C G
Poor Jesse had a wife who mourned for his life
D
Three children, they were brave
G C
But that dirty little coward who shot Mister Howard
G D G
Has laid poor Jesse in his grave