Chords for Warren Zevon - Frank and Jesse James (Album Version)
Tempo:
91.65 bpm
Chords used:
Bb
F
Dm
C
D
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[Dm] [F] [Bb]
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[Dm] [F]
[Dm] [F] [Dm] [D]
On [F] a small Missouri farm back when the West was young,
[Dm] two [Am] boys learned to rope and [Bb] ride and be handy [F] with a gun.
[D] War [F] broke out between the states and they [C] joined up [F] in Kansriel
[Dm] and it was over [Am] in Clay County [Bb] that Frank [C] and Jesse finally [F] learned to kill.
[Bb] [F]
[Dm] Keep [C] on riding, [Bb] riding, riding, [Dm] [C] Frank and [Bb] Jesse James.
[Dm] Keep on [C] riding, [Bb] riding, [F] riding, [Gm] till you [F] hear your names.
[Dm] Keep on [C] riding, [Bb] riding, [Dm] across the [C] rivers and [Bb] the rain.
[Dm] Keep on riding, [Bb] riding, [F] riding, [Bb] Frank and [D] Jesse James.
[F]
After mathematics, [C] [F] there was [C] all blues [F] inside,
so [Dm] no amnesty [Am] was granted [Bb] and his outlaws [F] played it right.
[C] [D] They rode against [F] the [C] railroad and [F] they [C] rode against [F] the banks
[Dm] and they rode against [Am] the [Bb] governor.
Never did [C] they ask [F] for a word of thanks.
[Bb]
[F] [Dm] Keep [C] on riding, [Bb] riding, [D] riding, [C] Frank [Bb] and Jesse [Dm] James.
Keep on riding, [Bb] riding, [F] riding, [Gm] [Bb] till [F] you hear your names.
[Dm] Keep [C] on riding, [Bb] riding, [Dm] across the [C] rivers [Bb] and the rain.
[Dm] Keep [C] on riding, [Bb] riding, [F] riding, [Gm] [Bb] Frank and [D] Jesse James.
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[Bb] [C] [Eb]
[Ab] [Eb] [Bb] [F]
[Dm] [C] [F]
[Dm] [F]
[Dm] Robert [F] Ford, a gunman in exchange [F] for his parole,
[Dm] took the life [Am] of James the [Bb] outlaw, but he snuck [F] up on him still.
[D] No [F] one knows [C] just where [F] they came to be misunderstood,
[Dm] but the poor [Am] Missouri farmers [Bb] knew that Frank [C] and Jesse do the [F] best they could.
[Bb] [F]
[Dm] Keep [C] on riding, [Bb] riding, riding, [Dm] [C] Frank [Bb] and Jesse James.
[Dm] Keep [D] on riding, [Bb] riding, [F] riding, [Gm] [F] till you hear your names.
[Dm] Keep on [C] riding, [Bb] riding, riding, [Dm] across the [C] rivers and [Bb] the rain.
[Dm] Keep on [C] riding, [Bb] riding, [F] riding, [Bb] Frank and [Dm] Jesse [C] James.
[Bb] [D] We're here, [C] Frank and [Bb] Jesse James.
Keep [Dm] on [C] riding, [Bb] riding, [F] riding,
[Gm] till [F] you hear your name.
[Dm] Keep [C] on [Bb] riding, riding, riding,
[Dm] across [C] the valleys [Gm] and the [Dm] plains.
Keep [C] on riding, [Bb] riding, [F] riding,
[Gm] [Bb] Frank and [F] Jesse James.
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[Dm] [F]
[Dm] [F] [Dm] [D]
On [F] a small Missouri farm back when the West was young,
[Dm] two [Am] boys learned to rope and [Bb] ride and be handy [F] with a gun.
[D] War [F] broke out between the states and they [C] joined up [F] in Kansriel
[Dm] and it was over [Am] in Clay County [Bb] that Frank [C] and Jesse finally [F] learned to kill.
[Bb] [F]
[Dm] Keep [C] on riding, [Bb] riding, riding, [Dm] [C] Frank and [Bb] Jesse James.
[Dm] Keep on [C] riding, [Bb] riding, [F] riding, [Gm] till you [F] hear your names.
[Dm] Keep on [C] riding, [Bb] riding, [Dm] across the [C] rivers and [Bb] the rain.
[Dm] Keep on riding, [Bb] riding, [F] riding, [Bb] Frank and [D] Jesse James.
[F]
After mathematics, [C] [F] there was [C] all blues [F] inside,
so [Dm] no amnesty [Am] was granted [Bb] and his outlaws [F] played it right.
[C] [D] They rode against [F] the [C] railroad and [F] they [C] rode against [F] the banks
[Dm] and they rode against [Am] the [Bb] governor.
Never did [C] they ask [F] for a word of thanks.
[Bb]
[F] [Dm] Keep [C] on riding, [Bb] riding, [D] riding, [C] Frank [Bb] and Jesse [Dm] James.
Keep on riding, [Bb] riding, [F] riding, [Gm] [Bb] till [F] you hear your names.
[Dm] Keep [C] on riding, [Bb] riding, [Dm] across the [C] rivers [Bb] and the rain.
[Dm] Keep [C] on riding, [Bb] riding, [F] riding, [Gm] [Bb] Frank and [D] Jesse James.
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[Bb] [C] [Eb]
[Ab] [Eb] [Bb] [F]
[Dm] [C] [F]
[Dm] [F]
[Dm] Robert [F] Ford, a gunman in exchange [F] for his parole,
[Dm] took the life [Am] of James the [Bb] outlaw, but he snuck [F] up on him still.
[D] No [F] one knows [C] just where [F] they came to be misunderstood,
[Dm] but the poor [Am] Missouri farmers [Bb] knew that Frank [C] and Jesse do the [F] best they could.
[Bb] [F]
[Dm] Keep [C] on riding, [Bb] riding, riding, [Dm] [C] Frank [Bb] and Jesse James.
[Dm] Keep [D] on riding, [Bb] riding, [F] riding, [Gm] [F] till you hear your names.
[Dm] Keep on [C] riding, [Bb] riding, riding, [Dm] across the [C] rivers and [Bb] the rain.
[Dm] Keep on [C] riding, [Bb] riding, [F] riding, [Bb] Frank and [Dm] Jesse [C] James.
[Bb] [D] We're here, [C] Frank and [Bb] Jesse James.
Keep [Dm] on [C] riding, [Bb] riding, [F] riding,
[Gm] till [F] you hear your name.
[Dm] Keep [C] on [Bb] riding, riding, riding,
[Dm] across [C] the valleys [Gm] and the [Dm] plains.
Keep [C] on riding, [Bb] riding, [F] riding,
[Gm] [Bb] Frank and [F] Jesse James.
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[Dm] _ [F] _ _ _ [Dm] _ [D] _ _ _
On [F] a small Missouri farm back when the West was young,
[Dm] two [Am] boys learned to rope and [Bb] ride and be handy [F] with a gun.
[D] War [F] broke out between the states and they [C] joined up [F] in Kansriel
[Dm] and it was over [Am] in Clay County [Bb] that Frank [C] and Jesse finally [F] learned to kill.
[Bb] _ [F] _ _ _ _
[Dm] Keep [C] on riding, [Bb] riding, riding, [Dm] [C] Frank and [Bb] Jesse James.
[Dm] Keep on [C] riding, [Bb] riding, [F] riding, [Gm] till you [F] hear your names.
[Dm] Keep on [C] riding, [Bb] riding, [Dm] across the [C] rivers and [Bb] the rain.
[Dm] Keep on riding, [Bb] riding, [F] riding, [Bb] Frank _ _ and [D] Jesse James.
_ _ _ [F]
After mathematics, [C] [F] there was [C] all blues [F] inside,
so [Dm] no amnesty [Am] was granted [Bb] and his outlaws [F] played it right.
[C] [D] They rode against [F] the [C] railroad and [F] they [C] rode against [F] the banks
[Dm] and they rode against [Am] the [Bb] governor.
Never did [C] they ask [F] for a word of thanks.
[Bb] _
[F] _ _ _ _ [Dm] Keep [C] on riding, [Bb] riding, [D] riding, [C] Frank [Bb] and Jesse [Dm] James.
Keep on riding, [Bb] riding, [F] riding, [Gm] [Bb] till [F] you hear your names.
[Dm] Keep [C] on riding, [Bb] riding, [Dm] across the [C] rivers [Bb] and the rain.
[Dm] Keep [C] on riding, [Bb] riding, [F] riding, [Gm] [Bb] Frank and _ _ [D] Jesse James.
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_ _ _ _ [Dm] _ [F] _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ _ Robert [F] Ford, a gunman in exchange [F] for his parole,
[Dm] took the life [Am] of James the [Bb] outlaw, but he snuck [F] up on him still.
[D] No [F] one knows [C] just where [F] they came to be misunderstood,
[Dm] but the poor [Am] Missouri farmers [Bb] knew that Frank [C] and Jesse do the [F] best they could.
[Bb] _ [F] _
_ _ _ [Dm] Keep [C] on riding, [Bb] riding, riding, [Dm] [C] Frank [Bb] and Jesse James.
[Dm] Keep [D] on riding, [Bb] riding, [F] riding, [Gm] [F] till you hear your names.
[Dm] Keep on [C] riding, [Bb] riding, riding, [Dm] across the [C] rivers and [Bb] the rain.
[Dm] Keep on [C] riding, [Bb] riding, [F] riding, [Bb] Frank and _ [Dm] Jesse [C] James.
[Bb] _ [D] We're here, [C] Frank and [Bb] Jesse James.
Keep [Dm] on [C] riding, [Bb] riding, [F] riding,
[Gm] till [F] you hear your name.
[Dm] Keep [C] on [Bb] riding, riding, riding,
[Dm] across [C] the valleys [Gm] and the [Dm] plains.
Keep [C] on riding, [Bb] riding, [F] riding,
[Gm] [Bb] Frank and _ _ [F] Jesse James. _ _ _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ [Dm] _ [F] _ _ _ _ _
[Dm] _ [F] _ _ _ [Dm] _ [D] _ _ _
On [F] a small Missouri farm back when the West was young,
[Dm] two [Am] boys learned to rope and [Bb] ride and be handy [F] with a gun.
[D] War [F] broke out between the states and they [C] joined up [F] in Kansriel
[Dm] and it was over [Am] in Clay County [Bb] that Frank [C] and Jesse finally [F] learned to kill.
[Bb] _ [F] _ _ _ _
[Dm] Keep [C] on riding, [Bb] riding, riding, [Dm] [C] Frank and [Bb] Jesse James.
[Dm] Keep on [C] riding, [Bb] riding, [F] riding, [Gm] till you [F] hear your names.
[Dm] Keep on [C] riding, [Bb] riding, [Dm] across the [C] rivers and [Bb] the rain.
[Dm] Keep on riding, [Bb] riding, [F] riding, [Bb] Frank _ _ and [D] Jesse James.
_ _ _ [F]
After mathematics, [C] [F] there was [C] all blues [F] inside,
so [Dm] no amnesty [Am] was granted [Bb] and his outlaws [F] played it right.
[C] [D] They rode against [F] the [C] railroad and [F] they [C] rode against [F] the banks
[Dm] and they rode against [Am] the [Bb] governor.
Never did [C] they ask [F] for a word of thanks.
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[F] _ _ _ _ [Dm] Keep [C] on riding, [Bb] riding, [D] riding, [C] Frank [Bb] and Jesse [Dm] James.
Keep on riding, [Bb] riding, [F] riding, [Gm] [Bb] till [F] you hear your names.
[Dm] Keep [C] on riding, [Bb] riding, [Dm] across the [C] rivers [Bb] and the rain.
[Dm] Keep [C] on riding, [Bb] riding, [F] riding, [Gm] [Bb] Frank and _ _ [D] Jesse James.
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_ _ _ _ [Dm] _ [F] _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ _ Robert [F] Ford, a gunman in exchange [F] for his parole,
[Dm] took the life [Am] of James the [Bb] outlaw, but he snuck [F] up on him still.
[D] No [F] one knows [C] just where [F] they came to be misunderstood,
[Dm] but the poor [Am] Missouri farmers [Bb] knew that Frank [C] and Jesse do the [F] best they could.
[Bb] _ [F] _
_ _ _ [Dm] Keep [C] on riding, [Bb] riding, riding, [Dm] [C] Frank [Bb] and Jesse James.
[Dm] Keep [D] on riding, [Bb] riding, [F] riding, [Gm] [F] till you hear your names.
[Dm] Keep on [C] riding, [Bb] riding, riding, [Dm] across the [C] rivers and [Bb] the rain.
[Dm] Keep on [C] riding, [Bb] riding, [F] riding, [Bb] Frank and _ [Dm] Jesse [C] James.
[Bb] _ [D] We're here, [C] Frank and [Bb] Jesse James.
Keep [Dm] on [C] riding, [Bb] riding, [F] riding,
[Gm] till [F] you hear your name.
[Dm] Keep [C] on [Bb] riding, riding, riding,
[Dm] across [C] the valleys [Gm] and the [Dm] plains.
Keep [C] on riding, [Bb] riding, [F] riding,
[Gm] [Bb] Frank and _ _ [F] Jesse James. _ _ _ _ _ _