First Verse:
D5             F5
On a small Missouri farm
     C5                 F5
Back when the West was young
D5                  C5
Two boys learned to rope and ride
       Bb5           F5
And be handy with a gun
D5               F5
War broke out between the states
         C5                  F5
And they joined up with Cantrell
           D5           C5
And it was over in Clay County
     Bb5              C5                  F5
That Frank and Jesse finally learned to kill


Chorus:
        D5      C5       F5
Keep on riding, riding, riding
Bb5              F5
Frank and Jesse James
        D5      C5       F5
Keep on riding, riding, riding
  Bb5                 F5
Until you clear your names
        D5      C5       F5
Keep on riding, riding, riding
           Bb5             F5
Across the rivers and the plains
        D5      C5       F5
Keep on riding, riding, riding
Bb5               D5
Frank and? Jesse James

Second Verse:
D5        F5
After Appomadox, 
         C5             F5
they was on the losing side
      D5          C5
so no amnesty was granted
       Bb5               F5
and as outlaws they did ride
     D5               F5
they rode against the railroads
         C5                F5
and they rode against the banks 
         D5               C5
and they rode against the governor
Bb5             C5                 F5
never did they ask for a word of thanks

Chorus

Third Verse:  
D5             F5
Robert Ford, a gunman,
     C5                F5
In exchange for his parol
         D5                C5
Took the life of James the outlaw
         Bb5              F5
Which he snuck up on and stole
D5               F5
No one know just where they came
   C5          F5
To be misunderstood
        D5            C5
But the poor Missouri farmers know
     Bb5              C5                F5
That Frank and Jesse do the best they could

Chorus x2