Chords for Robert Earl Keen - Jesse With the Long Hair Hangin' Down

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Welcome to the Texas Connection _ _ _ _ _ with your host Jerry Jeff Walker _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
and _ presenting
Robert Earl Keene Jr. _
Thank you very much.
_ Tonight our guest is a young singer-songwriter
he's born in Houston Texas makes Austin home and he's fast becoming one of our
real favorites let's have a big Texas Connection welcome for Robert Earl Keene
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_ _ _ Jesse took a potter [Bm]
slicked his long hair back [G] put a [D] cartridge in his gun and stepped
outside [A] a shack.
_ [Bm] Sattled up [G] his buckskin man [F#] and rode off [G] into town.
[D] Jesse [A] with the long
hair hanging [D] down.
_ _ Blue hand fixed her makeup _ [Bm] straightened out her dress.
[G] Picked [D] up a photograph
and held it [A] to her breath.
[Bm] How could [G] she ever love him?
[F#] He never [G] was around.
[D] _ Jesse with the [A] long hair hanging [D] down.
_ [G] Flesh and blood [D] it turns to [G] dust, scatters in [D] the wind.
[F#m] _ Love is all [G] that matters [D] in the end.
_ _ _ Sheriff Paul was sleeping [Bm] his hat off in his lap.
[G] When he got [D] a package that woke him from [A] his nap.
[Bm] He unrolled [G] the poster [F#m] couldn't help [G] but frown.
[D] It was Jesse [A] with the long hair [D] hanging down.
_ _ They had been compadres [Bm] many years before.
[G] Jesse [D] saved his life one time back [A] before the war.
[Bm] Ty [G] was the king of [D] thieves he wore it [G] like a crown.
[D] Jesse [A] with the long hair [D] hanging down.
_ _ [G] Flesh and [D] blood it turns to [G] dust, scatters in the [D] wind.
[F#] Love is all that [G] matters [D] in the end.
_ _ Mr.
Brown the banker [Bm] hid the money in his cave.
[G] It was [D] time for him to leave this godforsaken [F#m] place.
[A] [Bm] His true [G] love loved the [F#m] outlaw for hating Mr.
[G] Brown.
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[A] Jesse with the long [D] hair hanging down.
_ _ Mr.
Brown had taken [Bm] the land that Jesse owned.
[G] The [D] banker claimed that Jesse had not repaid [A] his loan.
[Bm] Truth and lies [G] entangled [F#m] but when the truth [G] [D] unwinds.
There was Jesse [A] with the long [D] hair hanging down.
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[D] _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ [F#m] _ _
[G] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ Mr.
Brown was all [Bm] alone Lou Anne came walking [F#m] in.
[G] She pulled a [D] pistol from her purse and pointed [A] it at him.
[Bm] When the [G] door blew open [F#m] she turned to look [G] around.
[D] There was Jesse with [A] the long hair [D] hanging down.
_ _ Mr.
Brown grabbed Lou Anne's [Bm] gun and put it to her [A] head.
[G] [D] I'm no herd of king them come is what the banker [A] said.
[Bm] In that [G] fateful moment [F#m] Jesse stood [G] his ground.
[D] Jesse with the [A] long hair hanging [D] down.
_ _ [G] Flesh and blood [D] it turns to [G] dust, scatters in [D] the wind.
[F#m] _ Love is all [G] that matters in [D] the end.
_ _ The bullet that killed Mr.
Brown [Bm] came through the window pane.
[G] It [D] put a hole above one eye and lodged down in [A] his brain.
[Bm] He never saw [G] a puff of smoke, no [F#] flash, no fire, [G] no sound [D] from Jesse with the [A] long hair hanging [D] down.
_ _ _ Chef Paul was fast asleep [Bm] his hat down on his eyes.
[G] When he got [D] a letter and much to his [A] surprise.
[Bm] A picture of [G] the sweet [F#m] Lou Anne in her wedding [G] gown [D] and Jesse with the [A] long [D] hair hanging down.
_ _ [G] Flesh and blood [D] it turns to dust, [G] scatters in the [D] wind.
[F#m] Love is all that [G] matters [D] in the end my friend. _ _ _ _
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