{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":590092,"song":"Jesse James","artist":"Bruce Springsteen","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/590092-jesse-james-chords-by-bruce-springsteen/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/590092?type=chord","rating":4.70783,"votes":38,"content":"Bruce Springsteen – Jesse James\r\n\r\n[tab]       [ch]F[/ch]\r\nJesse James was a lad[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Bb[/ch]            [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThat killed many a man[/tab]\r\n[tab]                         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHe robbed the Glendale train[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\nHe stole from the rich[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Bb[/ch]           [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd he gave to the poor[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]F[/ch]\r\nHe'd a hand and a heart and a brain[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]         [ch]F[/ch]\r\nWell it was Robert Ford[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Bb[/ch]           [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThat dirty little coward[/tab]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI wonder now how he feels[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]F[/ch]\r\nFor he ate of Jesse's bread[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Bb[/ch]              [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd he slept in Jesse's bed[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd he laid poor Jesse in his grave[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]      [ch]F[/ch]\r\nWell Jesse had a wife[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Bb[/ch]            [ch]F[/ch]\r\nTo mourn for his life[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThree children, Now they were brave[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]F[/ch]\r\nWell that dirty little coward [/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Bb[/ch]        [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThat shot Mr. Howard[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd he laid poor Jesse in his grave[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]          [ch]F[/ch]\r\nWell now Jesse was a man[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Bb[/ch]            [ch]F[/ch]\r\nA friend to the poor[/tab]\r\n[tab]                               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHe'd never rob a mother or a child[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThere never was a man with[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Bb[/ch]          [ch]F[/ch]\r\nthe law in his hand[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]F[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThat could take Jesse James when alive[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]       [ch]F[/ch]\r\nIt was on a Saturday night[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Bb[/ch]               [ch]F[/ch]\r\nYeah the moon was shinin' bright[/tab]\r\n[tab]                           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThey robbed the Glendale train[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd the people they did say[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Bb[/ch]          [ch]F[/ch]\r\no'er many miles away[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]F[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]F[/ch]\r\nIt was those outlaws yeah Frank and Jesse James[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]      [ch]F[/ch]\r\nWell Jesse had a wife[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Bb[/ch]            [ch]F[/ch]\r\nTo mourn for his life[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThree children, Now they were brave[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]F[/ch]\r\nWell that dirty little coward [/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Bb[/ch]        [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThat shot Mr. Howard[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd he laid poor Jesse in his grave[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]         [ch]F[/ch]\r\nNow the people held their breath[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Bb[/ch]               [ch]F[/ch]\r\nWhen they heard of Jesse's death[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThey wondered how he'd ever come to fall[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F[/ch]\r\nRobert Ford it was a fact[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Bb[/ch]            [ch]F[/ch]\r\nHe shot Jesse in the back[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]F[/ch]\r\nWhile Jesse hung a picture on a wall[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]     [ch]F[/ch]\r\nNow Jesse went to rest with[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Bb[/ch]           [ch]F[/ch]\r\nhis hand on his breast[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe devil upon his knee[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F[/ch]\r\nhe was born one day [/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Bb[/ch]      [ch]F[/ch]\r\nin the County Clay[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd he came from a solitary race[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]      [ch]F[/ch]\r\nWell Jesse had a wife[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Bb[/ch]            [ch]F[/ch]\r\nTo mourn for his life[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThree children, Now they were brave[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]F[/ch]\r\nWell that dirty little coward [/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Bb[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThat shot Mr. Howard[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd he laid poor Jesse in his grave[/tab]","plain_text":"Bruce Springsteen – Jesse James","chords":["F","Bb","C","A"],"chord_diagrams":{"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]}}}