Jesse with the Long Hair
By Robert Earl Keen

Capo 2

Intro:
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Jesse took a powder, slicked his long hair back
F 	  	     C             	  C             	    G
Put a cartridge in his gun and stepped outside his shack
Am          	    F 	  	  	    Em            F
Saddled up his buckskin mare and rode off into town
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Jesse with the long hair hangin' down

Luann fixed her makeup, straightened out her dress
picked up a photograph and held it to her breast
How could she ever love him? He never was around
Jesse with the long hair hangin' down


Chorus:
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Flesh and blood it turns to dust
F 	  	     C
Scatters in the wind
Em 	  	      F
Love is all that matters
       C 
In the end


Sheriff Paul was fast asleep, his hat off in his lap
When he got a package that woke him from his nap
He unrolled a poster, couldn't help but frown
It was Jesse with the long hair hangin' down

They had been compadres many years before
Jesse saved his life one time back before the war
Now he was the king of thieves, he wore it like a crown
Jesse with the long hair hangin' down

Chorus

Mr. Brown the banker hid the money in his case
It was time for him to leave this god forsaken place
His true love loved the outlaw who hated Mr. Brown
That was Jesse with the long hair hangin' down

Mr. Brown had taken the land that Jesse owned
The banker claimed that Jesse had not repaid his loan
Truth and lies were tangled but when the truth unwound
there was Jesse with the long hair hangin' down

Mr. Brown was all alone when Luann came walking in
She pulled a pistol from her purse and pointed it at him
When the door blew open she turned to look around
It was Jesse with the long hair hangin' down

Mr. Brown grabbed Luann's gun and held it to her head
"I'll blow her to Kingdom Come" is what the banker said
In that fateful moment  Jesse stood his ground
Jesse with the long hair hangin' down

Chorus

The bullet that killed Mr. Brown came through th windowpane
It put a hole above one eye and lodged down in his brain
He never saw a puff of smoke, no flash, no fire, no sound
>From Jesse with the long hair hangin' down

Sheriff Paul was fast asleep, his hat down on his eyes
when he got a letter and much to his suprise
a picture of the sweet Luann in her wedding gown
and Jesse with the long hair hangin' down

Chorus