Intro D D7 D6 D7 G Verse 1 Jesse GJames Was A Lad That CKilled Many A Man, He GRobbed The Danville DTrain... But That GDirty Little Coward Who CShot Mr GHoward Has GLaid Poor DJesse In His GGrave. Poor CJesse Had A Wife To GMourn For His Life, Three GChildren, They Were DBrave... But The GDirty Little Coward That CShot Mr GHoward Has GLaid Poor DJesse In His GGrave! Verse 2 GJesse Was A Man, A CFriend To The Poor, He'd GNever See A Man Suffer DPain. And GWith His Brother Frank He CRobbed The Chicago GBank And GStopped The DGlendale GTrain. It Was CWednesday Night, The GMoon Was Shining Bright, They GRobbed The Glendale DTrain... The GPeople, They Did Say, For CMany Miles AGway, "It Was GRobbed By DFrank And Jesse GJames!" Solo D D7 D6 D7 G C G D G C G D G It Was Verse 3 GWith His Brother Frank They CRobbed The Gallatin Bank, And GCarried The Money From The DTown. It Was GIn This Very Place That They CHad A Little GRace. They GShot Captain DSheets To The GGround. They CWent To The Crossing, Not GVery Far From There, And GThere They Did The DSame. With The GAgent On His Knees, He DeClivered Up The GKeys, To The GOutlaws, DFrank And Jesse GJamesE7! Verse 4 ASaturday Night, DJesse Was At Home ATalking With His Family EBrave. Robert AFord Came Along Like A DThief In The ANight And ALaid Poor EJesse In His AGrave. It Was DRobert Ford, That ADirty Little Coward, I AWonder How He Did EFeel? For He AAte Of Jesse's Bread, DSlept In Jesse's ABed, Then ALaid Poor EJesse In His AGrave. Now The Verse 5 APeople Held Their Breath When They DHeard Of Jesse's Death, And AWondered How He Came To EDie. It Was AOne Of His Own Gang, Called DLittle Robert Ford, Who AShot Poor EJesse On The ASly. Jesse DWent To His Rest With His AHand On His Breast, And The ADevil Will BSurely Be On His EKneeE7. He Was ABorn One C#Day In The DCounty Of AClay, F#mCame From A ESoliE7tary DRaceA. This Verse 6 ASong Was Made By DBilly Gashade As ASoon As The News Did EArrive. He ASaid There Was No Man With The DLaw In His AHand Could ATake Jesse EJames When AAlive. Jesse Outro AJames Was A Lad That DKilled Many A Man, He ARobbed The Danville ETrain... But That ADirty Little Coward Who DShot Mr AHoward Has ALaid DPoor AJesse EIn His AGraveA7. A6 A7 In His AGrA7aveA6...A7 A A7 A6 A7 A A7 A6 A7 A
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What are the chords for The Ballad Of Jesse James?
The chords for The Ballad Of Jesse James are: D, D7, D6, G, C, E7, A, E, B, C#, F#m, A7
What is the original key of The Ballad Of Jesse James?
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The Ballad Of Jesse James uses 12 chords: D, D7, D6, G, C, E7, A, E, B, C#, F#m, A7
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