Intro A A7 A6 A7 D Verse 1 Jesse DJames Was A Lad That GKilled Many A Man, He DRobbed The Danville ATrain... But That DDirty Little Coward Who GShot Mr DHoward Has DLaid Poor AJesse In His DGrave. Poor GJesse Had A Wife To DMourn For His Life, Three DChildren, They Were ABrave... But The DDirty Little Coward That GShot Mr DHoward Has DLaid Poor AJesse In His DGrave! Verse 2 DJesse Was A Man, A GFriend To The Poor, He'd DNever See A Man Suffer APain. And DWith His Brother Frank He GRobbed The Chicago DBank And DStopped The AGlendale DTrain. It Was GWednesday Night, The DMoon Was Shining Bright, They DRobbed The Glendale ATrain... The DPeople, They Did Say, For GMany Miles ADway, "It Was DRobbed By AFrank And Jesse DJames!" Solo A A7 A6 A7 D G D A D G D A D It Was Verse 3 DWith His Brother Frank They GRobbed The Gallatin Bank, And DCarried The Money From The ATown. It Was DIn This Very Place That They GHad A Little DRace. They DShot Captain ASheets To The DGround. They GWent To The Crossing, Not DVery Far From There, And DThere They Did The ASame. With The DAgent On His Knees, He DeGlivered Up The DKeys, To The DOutlaws, AFrank And Jesse DJamesB7! Verse 4 ESaturday Night, AJesse Was At Home ETalking With His Family BBrave. Robert EFord Came Along Like A AThief In The ENight And ELaid Poor BJesse In His EGrave. It Was ARobert Ford, That EDirty Little Coward, I EWonder How He Did BFeel? For He EAte Of Jesse's Bread, ASlept In Jesse's EBed, Then ELaid Poor BJesse In His EGrave. Now The Verse 5 EPeople Held Their Breath When They AHeard Of Jesse's Death, And EWondered How He Came To BDie. It Was EOne Of His Own Gang, Called ALittle Robert Ford, Who EShot Poor BJesse On The ESly. Jesse AWent To His Rest With His EHand On His Breast, And The EDevil Will F#Surely Be On His KBnee.B7 He Was EBorn One G#Day In The ACounty Of EClay, C#mCame From A BSoliB7tary ARaceE. This Verse 6 ESong Was Made By ABilly Gashade As ESoon As The News Did BArrive. He ESaid There Was No Man With The ALaw In His EHand Could ETake Jesse BJames When AElive. Jesse Outro EJames Was A Lad That AKilled Many A Man, He ERobbed The Danville BTrain... But That EDirty Little Coward Who AShot Mr EHoward Has ELaid APoor EJesse BIn His EGraveE7. E6 E7 In His EGrE7aveE6...E7 E E7 E6 E7 E E7 E6 E7 E
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The chords for The Ballad Of Jesse James are: A, A7, A6, D, G, B7, E, B, F#, G#, C#m, E7
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The Ballad Of Jesse James uses 12 chords: A, A7, A6, D, G, B7, E, B, F#, G#, C#m, E7
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