Jesse James

Key

Woody Guthrie

Chords you’ll need to know

C D G

Chord Chart

Verse

G D

Chorus

Lyrics

Jesse James was a lad who robbed many a man He stopped the Glendale train He took from the rich and he gave to the poor He'd a heart a hand and a brain

Jesse had a wife to mourn for his life Three children they were brave But that dirty little coward that shot Mr. Howard And laid poor Jesse in his grave

It was on Wednesday night when the moon was shining bright He stopped the Glendale Train People they did say for many miles away It was robbed by Frank and Jesse James It was Robert Ford that dirty little coward I wonder how he feels For he ate of Jesse's bread and he slept in Jesse's bed And he laid poor Jesse in his grave It was on a Saturday night when Jesse was at home Talking to his family brave Robert Ford came along like a thief in the night And he laid poor Jesse in his grave