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