Artist: | Arlo Guthrie (English) |
User: | Roger Huxley |
Duration: | 130 seconds |
Delay: | 12 seconds |
Chord names: | Not defined |
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Comment: | - |
St. James Infirmary Blues
Traditional, as performed by Arlo Guthrie
Capo 2
Intro: Instrumental Verse
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It was down at old Joe's bar room
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At the corner by the square
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They were serving drinks as usual
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And the usual crowd was there
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On my left stood big Joe MacKennedy
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His eyes were bloodshot red
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And as he looked at the gang around him
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These were the very words he said.
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I went down to St. James Infirmary
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I saw my baby there
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Stretched out on a long, white table
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So young, so cold, so fair
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Seventeen coal-black horses
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Hitched to a rubber-tied hack
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Seven girls goin' to the graveyard
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Only six of them are coming back
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Let her go. Let her go, God bless her
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Wherever she may be
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She may search this wide world over
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And never find another man like me
Instrumental Verse x2
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When I die just bury me
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In my high-top Stetson hat
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Place a twenty-dollar gold piece on my watch chain
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To let the Lord know I died standing pat
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I want six crap-shooters for my pallbearers
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A chorus girl to sing me a song
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Place a jazz band on my hearse wagon
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To raise hell as we roll along
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Now that you've heard my story
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I'll take another shot of booze
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And if anyone here should ask you
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I've got the gambler's blues
Instrumental Verse, end on Am
St. James Infirmary
Instrumental Verse
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Am Am/G Fmaj7 E7
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Am
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