Jesse James

***JESSE JAMES - Traditional. Arr. The Pogues

from the album "Rum Sodomy & The Lash"

Jesse James - as perfomed by The Pogues

Intro:

G C G

G D

G C G

G D G

G

Jesse James we understand

C G

Has killed many a man

D

He robbed the Union trains

G

He stole from the rich

C G

and gave to the poor

D

He'd a hand and a heart

G

and a brain

Well it was on Saturday night

The stars were shining bright

They robbed the Glendale train

And the people they did say

for many miles away

It was those outlays

Frank and Jesse James

C

Now Jesse had a wife

G

Lived a lady all her life

D

And children they were brave

G

But history does record

C G

That Bob and Charlie Ford

D G

Have laid poor Jesse in his grave

Well it was Bob and Charlie Ford

Those dirty little cowards

I wonder how they feel

For they ate of Jesse's bread

and they slept in Jesse's bed

And they laid poor Jesse in his grave

Now Jesse had a wife

Lived a lady all her life

And children they were brave

But history does record

That Bob and Charlie Ford

Have laid poor Jesse in his grave

Bridge over:

G C G

G D

G C G

G D G

Now Jesse had a wife

Lived a lady all her life

And children they were brave

But history does record

That Bob and Charlie Ford

Have laid poor Jesse in his grave

Well the people held their breath

When they heard of Jesse's death

They wondered how he came to fall

Well it was Robert Ford in fact

who shot him in the back

While he hung a picture on the wall

Now Jesse had a wife

Lived a lady all her life

And children they were brave

But history does record

That Bob and Charlie Ford

Have laid poor Jesse in his grave

end of last chorus

G

Now history does record

C G

That Bob and Charlie Ford

D

Have laid poor Jesse

G C

Laid poor Jesse

G D G C G

Laid Jesse James in his grave

Banjo part

C G