Bluegrass Harmonica
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key of G
G
6 7 8 8 -8 7
Jes-se James was a lad
C G
7 -7 7 7 7-6 6
w-ho killed man-y a man,
D7
8 8 8 9 8 -8
He robbed the Glen-dale train.
G
7-8 8 8 -8 7
H-e stole from the rich
C G
7 -7 -6 -7 -6 6
and he gave to the poor,
D7 G
7 -8 8 -9 8 -8 8 -8 7
He'd a hand and a heart and a brain.
chorus
G7 C
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Poor Jes-se had a wife
G
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to mourn for his life,
D7
8 8 8 9 8 -8
Three chil-dren they were brave;
G
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But that dirt-y lit-tle cow-ard
C G
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who shot Mis-ter How-ard
D7 G
7 8 -9 8 -8 -8 8 -8 7
has laid po-or Jes-se in his grave.
verse 2
It was Robert Ford,
that dirty little coward,
I wonder how he does feel,
For he ate Jesse's bread
and he slept in Jesse's bed
And he laid poor Jesse in his grave.
chorus
verse 3
How the people held their breath
when they heard of Jesse's death,
And wondered how he ever came to die.
It was one of the gang,
called Little Robert Ford
That shot poor Jesse on the sly.
chorus
verse 4
Jesse was a man,
a friend to the poor,
He never would see a man suffer pain,
And with his brother Frank
he robbed the Chicago bank,
And stopped the Glendale freighter.
chorus