Jesse With the Long Hair... chords by Robert Earl Keen
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Intro 1
(D major) (B minor) (D major) (B minor)
Verse 1
(D major) Jesse took a powder,
(B minor) slicked his long hair back
(G major) Put a cartridge in his (D major) gun and stepped
outside his shack, (A major)
(B minor) Saddled up his buckskin (G major) mare
and rode (F sharp minor) off into (G major) town.
(D major) Jesse with the long (A major) hair
hangin' down.
(D major)
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Verse 2
Luann fixed her makeup,
straightened (B minor) out her dress,
(G major) Picked up a pho (D major) tograph
and held it to her (A major) breast.
(B minor) How could she ever (G major) love him?
(F sharp minor) He never was around. (G major)
(D major) Jesse with the long (A major) hair hangin' down.
(D major)
Verse 3
(G major) [Chorus]
Flesh and blood it (D major) turns to dust
(G major) Scatters in the wind (D major)
(F sharp minor) Love is all that mat (G major) ters in the (D major) en d
Verse 4
(D major)
Sheriff Paul was sleppin', his
(B minor) hat off in his lap
(G major) When he got a package (D major)
that woke him from his (A major) nap.
(B minor) He unrolled a poster, (G major)
(F sharp minor) couldn't help but frown (G major)
Jesse (D major) with the long (A major) hair hangin' down.
(D major)
Verse 5
They had been compadres
(B minor) many years before.
(G major) Jesse saved his (D major) life one time
back before the (A major) war.
(B minor) Now he was the king (G major) of thieves,
he wore (F sharp minor) it like a crown. (G major)
(D major) Jesse with the long (A major) hair hangin' down. (D major)
Interlude 1
(G major) (D major) (G major) (D major) (F sharp minor) (G major)
(D major)
Verse 6
[Chorus] Mr. Brown the banker (D major)
hid
the money (B minor) in his case.
(G major) It was time for (D major) him to leave
this god forsaken (A major) place.
His (B minor) true love loved the outlaw (G major)
who (F sharp minor) hated Mr. Brown (G major)
That was (D major) Jesse with the long (A major)
hair hangin' down.
(D major)
Verse 7
Mr. Brown had taken the
land (B minor) that Jesse owned.
(G major) The banker claimed that (D major) Jesse
had not repaid his (A major) loan.
(B minor) Truth and lies were tangled (G major) but when (F sharp minor)
the truth unwound (G major)
There was (D major) Jesse with the long (A major) hair hangin'
Interlude 2
down.
(D major) (G major) (D major) (G major) (D major) (F sharp minor) (G major)
(D major)
Verse 8
Mr. Brown was (D major) all alone (B minor) when
Luann came walking in.
(G major) She pulled a pistol (D major) from her
purse and pointed it at (A major) him.
(B minor) When the door blew open (G major) she
turned (F sharp minor) to look around (G major)
It was (D major) Jesse with the long (A major) hair
hangin' down.
(D major)
Verse 9
Mr. Brown grabbed Luann's gun
and (B minor) held it to her head.
(G major) "I'll blow her to (D major) Kingdom Come"
is what the banker said. (A major)
(B minor) In that fateful mo (G major) ment
(D major) Jesse stood his ground. (G major)
(D major) Jesse with the long (A major) hair hangin' down. (D major)
Interlude 3
(G major) (D major) (G major) (D major) (F sharp minor) (G major)
(D major)
Verse 10
(D major) [Chorus]
The bullet that killed Mr. Brown
came (B minor) through the windowpane.
It (G major) put a hole above (D major) one eye and
lodged down (F sharp minor) in his (A major) brain.
He (B minor) never saw a puff (G major) of smoke,
no (F sharp minor) flash, no fire, no sound. (G major)
From Jesse (D major) with the long (A major)
hair hangin' down.
(D major)
Verse 11
Sheriff Paul was fast asleep,
his hat (B minor) down on his eyes,
(G major) When he got a let (D major) ter and
much to his (A major) suprise
A picture (B minor) of the sweet (G major) (F sharp minor) Luann in
her wedding gown (G major)
And (D major) Jesse with the long (A major) hair hangin'
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(A major) (D major) (G major) (D major) (G major) (D major) (F sharp minor) (G major)
(D major)
Jesse With the Long Hair...
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