Jesse With The Long Hair Chords by Robert Earl Keen

[D] _ _ [Bm] _ _ [D] _ _ [Bm] _ _
[D] Jesse took a powder, _ [Bm] slicked his long hair back,
[G] put a [D] cartridge in his gun and stepped outside [A] his shack.
[Bm] Saddled [G] up his buckskin [F#m] man, rode off [G] into town.
[D] Jesse [A] with the long hair [D] hanging down. _
_ Lou Anne fixed her makeup, [Bm] straightened out her [G] dress,
picked up a [D] photograph and held it [A] to her [B] breast.
How [G] could she ever love him?
[F#m] He never [G] was around.
[D] Jesse [A] with the long hair [D] hanging down. _
_ [G] Flesh and [D] blood, it turns to [G] dust, scatters [D] in the wind.
[F#m] Love is [G] all that matters [D] in the end. _
_ Sheriff Paul was fast [Bm] asleep and sat off in his lap.
[G] When he [D] got a package that woke him [A] from his nap,
[Bm] he [G] unrolled a poster, [F#m] couldn't [G] help but frown.
[D] It was Jesse with [A] the long hair [D] hanging down. _
_ They'd been fought, [Bm] grazed many years before.
[G] Jesse [D] saved his life one time, back before [A] the war.
[Bm] Now [G] a king of thieves, [F#m] he wore it like [G] a crown.
[D] Jesse with [A] the 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. _ _
_ Mr.
Brown, the banker, hid [Bm] the money in his case.
[G] It was time [D] for him to leave this God [A] forsaken place.
[Bm] His true love loved [G] the outlaw [F#m] who hated [G] Mr.
Brown.
That [D] was Jesse with the [A] long hair hanging [D] down. _ _
_ Mr.
Brown had taken [Bm] the land that Jesse owned.
[G] The banker [D] claimed that Jesse had not [A] repaid his loan.
[Bm] Truth and [G] lies were tangled, [F#m] but when the truth [G]
unwound,
it [D] was Jesse with the [A] long hair hanging [F#m] down.
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[F#m] _ _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ Mr.
Brown was all [A] alone, [Bm] the woman came walking in.
[G] She pulled a [D] pistol from her purse and pointed it [A] at him.
[Bm] When the door [G] blew open, [F#m] she turned to look [G] around.
[D] It was Jesse with the [A] long hair [D] hanging down. _
_ Mr.
Brown grabbed Lou [Bm] Anne's gun and held it to her head.
[G] I'll blow her to [D] kingdom come, is what the banker [A]
said.
[D] In that [G] fateful moment, [D] Jesse stood [G] his ground.
[D] Jesse with [A] the long hair [D] hanging down. _
_ [G] Flesh and [D] blood, it turns to [G] dust, scatters [D] in the wind.
[F#m] Love is [G] all that matters [D] in the end. _
_ The bullet that killed Mr.
Brown [Bm] came through the window pane.
[G] Put a [D] hole above one eye and [A] lodged down in his brain.
[B] Never [G] saw a puff of [F#m] smoke, no flash, no [G] fire, no sound.
[D] It was Jesse [A] with the long hair [D] hanging down. _
_ Sheriff always fast [Bm] asleep, his hat down on his [G] eyes.
When he [D] got a letter, and much to [A] his surprise,
a [Bm] picture of a [G] sweet Lou [F#m] Anne in a [G] wedding gown.
[D] And Jesse [A] with the long [D] hair hanging down.
_ [G] Flesh and [D] blood, it turns to [G] dust, scatters [D] in the wind.
[F#m] Love is [G] all that matters [A] in the end, [D] my friend.
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