This is the last Accompaniment Video for a little while. I have decided to try something a little different starting next week and play it by ear.

Play along with your instrument while Joel Simpson and I perform the Folk Song Of The Week, Jesse James.

Jesse James

Jesse James(PDF)

Jesse James

Jesse [G]James we understand has [C]killed many a [G]man

He robbed the union [D7]trains He [G]stole from the rich

And [C]gave to the [G]poor He’d a [C]hammer and a [D7]heart and a [G]brain

CHORUS:

Now [C]Jesse had a wife lived a [G]lady all her life

And children they were [D7]brave but [G]history does record

It was [C]Bob and Charlie ford have [G]laid Jesse [D7]James in his [G]grave

Well it was on Saturday night the stars were shining bright
They robbed the Glendale train and the people they did say
For many miles away it was those outlaws Frank and Jesse James

Well it was bob and Charlie ford those dirty little cowards
I wonder how they feel for they ate of Jesse’s bread
And they slept in Jesse’s bed and they laid poor Jesse in his grave

Well the people held their breath when they heard of Jesse’s death
They wondered how he came to fall well it was Robert ford in fact
Who shot him in the back while he hung a picture on the wall