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