{"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":80151,"song":"Jesse James","artist":"The Pogues","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/80151-jesse-james-chords-by-the-pogues/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/80151?type=chord","rating":4.9571,"votes":22,"content":"***JESSE JAMES - Traditional. Arr. The Pogues\r\nfrom the album \"Rum Sodomy & The Lash\"\r\n\r\nJesse James - as perfomed by The Pogues\r\n\r\nIntro:\r\n[ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n[ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\n\r\n[ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n[ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nJesse James we understand[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHas killed many a man[/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHe robbed the Union trains[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nHe stole from the rich[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nand gave to the poor[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHe'd a hand and a heart[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nand a brain[/tab]\r\n\r\nWell it was on Saturday night\r\nThe stars were shining bright\r\nThey robbed the Glendale train\r\nAnd the people they did say\r\nfor many miles away\r\nIt was those outlays\r\nFrank and Jesse James\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nNow Jesse had a wife[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nLived a lady all her life[/tab]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd children they were brave[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut history does record[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThat Bob and Charlie Ford[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHave laid poor Jesse in his grave[/tab]\r\n\r\nWell it was Bob and Charlie Ford\r\nThose dirty little cowards\r\nI wonder how they feel\r\nFor they ate of Jesse's bread\r\nand they slept in Jesse's bed\r\nAnd they laid poor Jesse in his grave\r\n\r\nNow Jesse had a wife\r\nLived a lady all her life\r\nAnd children they were brave\r\nBut history does record\r\nThat Bob and Charlie Ford\r\nHave laid poor Jesse in his grave\r\n\r\nBridge over:\r\n[ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n[ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\n\r\n[ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n[ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\nNow Jesse had a wife\r\nLived a lady all her life\r\nAnd children they were brave\r\nBut history does record\r\nThat Bob and Charlie Ford\r\nHave laid poor Jesse in his grave\r\n\r\nWell the people held their breath\r\nWhen they heard of Jesse's death\r\nThey wondered how he came to fall\r\nWell it was Robert Ford in fact\r\nwho shot him in the back\r\nWhile he hung a picture on the wall\r\n\r\nNow Jesse had a wife\r\nLived a lady all her life\r\nAnd children they were brave\r\nBut history does record\r\nThat Bob and Charlie Ford\r\nHave laid poor Jesse in his grave\r\n\r\nend of last chorus\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nNow history does record[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThat Bob and Charlie Ford[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHave laid poor Jesse[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nLaid poor Jesse[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nLaid Jesse James in his grave[/tab]\r\n\r\nBanjo part\r\n\r\n[ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]","plain_text":"***JESSE JAMES - Traditional. Arr. The Pogues\nfrom the album \"Rum Sodomy & The Lash\"\n\nJesse James - as perfomed by The Pogues\n\nIntro:\nG C G\nG D\n\nG C G\nG D G\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWell it was on Saturday night\nThe stars were shining bright\nThey robbed the Glendale train\nAnd the people they did say\nfor many miles away\nIt was those outlays\nFrank and Jesse James\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWell it was Bob and Charlie Ford\nThose dirty little cowards\nI wonder how they feel\nFor they ate of Jesse's bread\nand they slept in Jesse's bed\nAnd they laid poor Jesse in his grave\n\nNow Jesse had a wife\nLived a lady all her life\nAnd children they were brave\nBut history does record\nThat Bob and Charlie Ford\nHave laid poor Jesse in his grave\n\nBridge over:\nG C G\nG D\n\nG C G\nG D G\n\nNow Jesse had a wife\nLived a lady all her life\nAnd children they were brave\nBut history does record\nThat Bob and Charlie Ford\nHave laid poor Jesse in his grave\n\nWell the people held their breath\nWhen they heard of Jesse's death\nThey wondered how he came to fall\nWell it was Robert Ford in fact\nwho shot him in the back\nWhile he hung a picture on the wall\n\nNow Jesse had a wife\nLived a lady all her life\nAnd children they were brave\nBut history does record\nThat Bob and Charlie Ford\nHave laid poor Jesse in his grave\n\nend of last chorus\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBanjo part\n\nC G","chords":["G","C","D"],"chord_diagrams":{"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}