Jesse Told The Preacher

Intro 

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[Verso 1]


   E 
Jesse told the preacher that he got no place to go 
   A                                            E 
Jesse told the preacher that he got no place to go 
  B 
Jesse told the preacher that he wanna go dance 
  A 
Jesse told the preacher that he needed romance 
  B                             A               E 
Jesse told the preacher that he got no place to go 


[Verso 2]


    E 
Jesse took the money and he rode on down the road 
   A                                          E 
Jesse took the money and he rode on down the road 
  B 
Jesse took the money he fired a shot 
      A 
His crony took a bullet in a vacant lot 
   B                         A                 E 
Jesse took the money and he rode on down the road 

Instrumental 

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[Verso 3]


   E 
Bobbie joined the gang back in eighteen eighty one 
   A                                            E 
Bobbie joined the gang back in eighteen eighty one 
  B 
Jesse made it clear that he weren’t no good 
          A 
“If you wanna hang around you can stack that wood” 
  B                              A              E 
Bobbie joined the gang back in eighteen eighty one 


[Verso 4]


  E 
Bobbie hid the body in a dark and shallow grave 
  A                                        E 
Bobbie hid the body in a dark and shallow grave 
   B 
Sheriff made a promise if he’d play the rat 
    A 
Give him Jesse James and that would then be that 
   B                      A                E 
Bobbie hid the body in a dark and shallow grave 

Instrumental 

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[Verso 5]


   E 
Jesse fixed the picture it was hangin’ to one side 
   A                                           E 
Jesse fixed the picture it was hangin’ to one side 
  B 
Bobbie jacked the hammer when he turned his back 
     A 
The light in Jesse’s eyes turned from white to black 
   B                            A              E 
Jesse fixed the picture it was hangin’ to one side 


[Verso 6]


   E 
Jesse told the preacher that he got no place to go 
   A                                            E 
Jesse told the preacher that he got no place to go 
  B 
Jesse told the preacher that he wanna go dance 
  A 
Jesse told the preacher that he needed romance 
  B                             A               E 
Jesse told the preacher that he got no place to go 

Outro 

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