Date: 2/28/00; 12:12:15 AM
From: peames@attglobal.net
Subject: Jesse With the Long Hair Hangin Down by Robert Earl Keen

Intro
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  Jesse took a powder, slicked his long hair back
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  Put a catridge in his gun and stepped out side his shack
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  Saddled up his buck skin mare and rode off into town, 
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  Jesse with the long hair hangin' down


  Luanne fixed her make up, straitened out her dress
  Picked up his picture 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, scatters in the wind,
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  Love is all that matters in the end


  Sherrif Paul was fast asleep with his hat down in his lap
  When he got a package that woke him from his nap
  He un rolled a poster, could help but frown
  It was jesse with the long hair hangin down

  They'd been compadres many years before
  Jesse saved his life one time, back before the war
  Now he was the king of theives, 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 to 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 bank had claimed that Jesse had not repaid his loan
  Truth and lies entangled, but when the truth unwound,
  It was Jesse with the long hair hangin down



Lead
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  Mr Brown was all alone when Luanne came walkin in
  She pulled a pistol from he purse and pointed it at him
  Then the door blew open, She turned to look around
  It was Jesse with the long hair hangin down

  Mr Brown took Luanne's gun and held to her head
  I'll blow her to king dom come is what the banker said
  And in that faithful moment, Jesse stood his ground, 
  Jesse with the long hair hangin down

  Chorus

  The Bullet that Killed Mr Brown came through the window pain
  Put a hole above one eye and lodged down in his brain
  Never saw no puff of smoke, no flash no fire no sound
  From Jesse with the long hair hangin' down

  Sherrif 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 Luanne, ina wedding gown
  And Jesse with the long hair hangin down

  Chorus
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  Flesh and blood it turns to dust, Scatters in the wind
  G                A              D
  Love is all that matters in the end my friend


Sent By Andy Eames