Jesse James chords by Black Knights

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Verse 1
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 (C major) Jesse James, we understand,
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 (F major) has killed many a man
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 (C major) He robbed the Union  (G major) trains
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He stole  (C major) from the rich
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and  (F major) he gave to the poor
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 (C major) Had a hand and  (G major) a heart and a brain
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 (C major) It was on Saturday night,
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the  (F major) stars were shining bright
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 (C major) They rode the Glendale train  (G major) 
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And people  (C major) didn't say,
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for  (F major) many miles away
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 (C major) It was those outlaws,
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 (G major) Frank and Jesse James  (C major) 
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For  (F major) Jesse had a wife,
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to  (C major) mourn for all his life
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Three children, they were brave  (G major) 
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But the his (C major) tory does record
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that  (F major) Bob and Charlie Ford
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 (C major) Has laid poor  (G major) Jesse in his
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 (C major) grave  (F major)  (C major)  (G major)  (C major)  (F major)  (C major)  (G major) 
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It was Robert Ford, that  (F major) dirty little cow (C major) ard,
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I wonder how he does  (G major) feel
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For he ate  (C major) of Jesse's bread
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and slept  (F major) in Jesse's  (C major) bed
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Then laid Jesse  (G major) James in his grave  (C major) 
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For  (F major) Jesse had a wife
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to  (C major) mourn for all his life
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Three children, they were brave  (G major) 
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But the his (C major) tory does record
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that  (F major) Bob and Charlie Ford
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 (C major) Has laid poor Jesse  (G major) in his  (C major) grave
The people held their breath
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when they heard  (F major) of Jesse's  (C major) death
And wondered how he ever came to die
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 (G major) It was Robert Ford,
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 (C major) in fact, that  (F major) shot him in the back (C major) 
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Jesse shot Jesse James  (G major) on the slide  (C major) 
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Poor  (F major) Jesse had a wife,
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to mourn  (C major) for all his life
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Three children, they were brave  (G major) 
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But the his (C major) tory does record
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that  (F major) Bob and Charlie Ford
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 (C major) had played for Jesse,  (G major) played  (C major) for Jesse,  (F major) 
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played  (C major) Jesse James  (G major) in his  (C major) grave