Bruce Springsteen – Jesse James (Guitar)

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       F
[tab]      Bb            F
That killed many a man

                         C
He robbed the Glendale train

F
He stole from the rich

        Bb           F
And he gave to the poor

        F          C            F
He'd a hand and a heart and a brain

         F
Well it was Robert Ford

      Bb           F
That dirty little coward

                      C
I wonder now how he feels

       F
For he ate of Jesse's bread

         Bb              F
And he slept in Jesse's bed

        F         C             F
And he laid poor Jesse in his grave

      F
Well Jesse had a wife

    Bb            F
To mourn for his life

                                C
Three children, Now they were brave

           F
Well that dirty little coward 

       Bb        F
That shot Mr. Howard

        F         C             F
And he laid poor Jesse in his grave

          F
Well now Jesse was a man

    Bb            F
A friend to the poor

                               C
He'd never rob a mother or a child

       F
There never was a man with

     Bb          F
the law in his hand

            F          C           F
That could take Jesse James when alive

       F
It was on a Saturday night

           Bb               F
Yeah the moon was shinin' bright

                           C
They robbed the Glendale train

         F
And the people they did say

      Bb          F
o'er many miles away

             F             C               F
It was those outlaws yeah Frank and Jesse James

      F
Well Jesse had a wife

    Bb            F
To mourn for his life

                                C
Three children, Now they were brave

           F
Well that dirty little coward 

       Bb        F
That shot Mr. Howard

        F         C             F
And he laid poor Jesse in his grave

         F
Now the people held their breath

           Bb               F
When they heard of Jesse's death

                                     C
They wondered how he'd ever come to fall

        F
Robert Ford it was a fact

         Bb            F
He shot Jesse in the back

       F            C            F
While Jesse hung a picture on a wall

     F
Now Jesse went to rest with

     Bb           F
his hand on his breast

                     C
The devil upon his knee

        F
he was born one day 

        Bb      F
in the County Clay

        F           C        F
And he came from a solitary race

      F
Well Jesse had a wife

    Bb            F
To mourn for his life

                                C
Three children, Now they were brave

           F
Well that dirty little coward 

       Bb       F
That shot Mr. Howard

        F         C             F
And he laid poor Jesse in his grave