Jesse With the Long Hair... chords by
Robert Earl Keen

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Key: D major

Intro 1

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Verse 1
D D 
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Jesse took a powder,
Bm Bm 2
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slicked his long hair back
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D D 
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Put a cartridge in his gun and stepped
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outside his shack,
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Saddled up his buckskin mare
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G G 
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and rode off   into town.
D D 
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A A 
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Jesse with the long hair
hangin' down.
D D 
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Verse 2
Luann fixed her makeup,
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straightened out her dress,
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D D 
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Picked up a photograph
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and held it to her breast.
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G G 
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How could she ever love him?
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G G 
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He never was around.
D D 
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A A 
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Jesse with the long hair hangin' down.
D D 
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Verse 3

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[Chorus]

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Flesh and blood it turns to dust

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Scatters in the wind

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Love is all that matters in the en d

Verse 4
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Sheriff Paul was sleppin', his
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hat off in his lap
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D D 
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When he got a package
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that woke him from his nap.
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He unrolled a poster,
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G G 
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couldn't help but frown
D D 
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A A 
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Jesse with the long hair hangin' down.
D D 
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Verse 5
They had been compadres
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many years before.
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D D 
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Jesse saved his life one time
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back before the war.
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G G 
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Now he was the king of thieves,
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he wore it like a crown.
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A A 
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D D 
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Jesse with the long hair hangin' down.

Interlude 1

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F#m

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Verse 6
D D 
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[Chorus] Mr. Brown the banker
hid
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the money in his case.
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D D 
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It was time for him to leave
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this god forsaken place.
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His true love loved the outlaw
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who hated Mr. Brown
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A A 
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That was Jesse with the long
hair hangin' down.
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Verse 7
Mr. Brown had taken the
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land that Jesse owned.
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D D 
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The banker claimed that Jesse
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had not repaid his loan.
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F#m F#m 2
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Truth and lies were tangled but when
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the truth unwound
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A A 
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There was Jesse with the long hair hangin'

Interlude 2

down.

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F#m

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Verse 8
D D 
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Bm Bm 2
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Mr. Brown was all alone when
Luann came walking in.
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D D 
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She pulled a pistol from her
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purse and pointed it at him.
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G G 
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When the door blew open she
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G G 
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turned to look around
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A A 
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It was Jesse with the long hair
hangin' down.
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Verse 9
Mr. Brown grabbed Luann's gun
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and held it to her head.
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D D 
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"I'll blow her to Kingdom Come"
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is what the banker said.
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In that fateful moment
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G G 
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Jesse stood his ground.
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D D 
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Jesse with the long hair hangin' down.

Interlude 3

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F#m

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Verse 10
D D 
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[Chorus]
The bullet that killed Mr. Brown
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came through the windowpane.
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It put a hole above one eye and
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A A 
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lodged down in his brain.
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G G 
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He  never saw a puff of smoke,
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no flash, no fire, no sound.
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A A 
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From Jesse with the long
hair hangin' down.
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Verse 11
Sheriff Paul was fast asleep,
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his hat down on his eyes,
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D D 
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When he got a letter and
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much to his suprise
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G G 
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F#m F#m 2
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A picture of the sweet Luann in
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her wedding gown
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A A 
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And Jesse with the long hair hangin'