Jesse James Tab par American Folk Song

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  Well Jesse had a wife to mourn for his life, 

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  Three children, they were brave.

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  But that dirty little coward that shot Mister Howard

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  has laid poor Jesse in his grave.



1st Verse Picking:

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1.When Jesse James was a lad that killed many a man, he robbed the Glendale train.

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  He stole from the rich and he gave to the poor. He'd a hand and a heart and a brain.


2. It was Robert Ford, the dirty little coward, and I wonder how he feels.
   For he ate o' Jesse's bread and he slept in Jesse's bed. But he laid poor James in his grave.  

3. Jesse was a man, a friend to the poor, He'd never rob a mother or a child.
   There never was a man with the law in his hand, That could take Jesse James alive.

4. It was on a Saturday night, the moon was shining bright, they robbed the Glendale train.
   And the people, they did say for many miles away, It was robbed by Frank an' Jesse James. 

5. Now, the people held their breath when they heard of Jesse's death, and wonder how he ever come to fall.
   Robert Ford, it was a fact, shot Jesse in the back, while Jesse hung a picture on the wall.

6. Now Jesse went to his rest with his hand upon his breast, the devil will be upon his knee.
   He was born one day in the County of Clay, and he came from a solitary race.

7. This song was made by Billy Gashade, as soon as the news did arrive.
   He said there's no one man with the law in his hand, could ever take Jesse James alive.