F
                        Jesse James was a lad 
                               Dm7               F
That killed many a man
                                                        C
He robbed the Glendale train
                             F
He stole from the rich 
                                  Dm7          F
And he gave to the poor
                           C               F
He’d a hand and a heart and a brain

                        F
Well it was Robert Ford
                               Dm7         F
That dirty little coward
                                                    C
I wonder now how he feels
                             F
For he ate of Jesse’s bread
                                 Dm7                 F
And he slept in Jesse’s bed
                                               C              F
And he laid poor Jesse in the grave

                                     Dm7
                                Well Jesse had a wife
                                            F
                                To mourn for his life

                                Three children
                                                            C
                                Now they were brave
                                                    F
                                Well that dirty little coward
                                                Dm7        F
                                That shot Mr. Howard
                                                         C               F
                                He laid poor Jesse in the grave