St. James Infirmary Blues

Intro: Instrumental Verse Am E7 Am E7 It was down at old Joe's bar room Am Fmaj7 C E7 At the corner by the square Am E7 Am Am/G E7 They were serving the drinks as usual Fmaj7 E7 Am E7 Am E7 And the usual crowd was there Am E7 Am E7 On my left stood big Joe MacKennedy Am Fmaj7 C E7 His eyes were bloodshot red Am E7 Am Am/G E7 And as he looked at the crowd around him Fmaj7 E7 Am E7 Am E7 These were the very words he said. Am E7 Am E7 I went down to St. James Infirmary Am Fmaj7 C E7 Just to see my baby there Am E7 Am Am/G E7 She was stretched out on a long, white table Fmaj7 E7 Am E7 Am E7 So cold, so sweet, so fair Am E7 Am E7 Seventeen coal-black horses Am Fmaj7 C E7 Hitched to a rubber-tied hack Am E7 Am Am/G E7 Seven girls goin' to the graveyard Fmaj7 E7 Am E7 Am E7 Only six of them are coming back Am E7 Am E7 Let her go. Let her go, God bless her Am Fmaj7 C E7 Wherever she may be Am E7 Am Am/G E7 She may search this wide world over Fmaj7 E7 Am E7 Am E7 She'll never find another man like me Instrumental Verse x2 Am E7 Am E7 Am Fmaj7 C E7 Am E7 Am Am/G E7 Fmaj7 E7 Am E7 Am E7 Am E7 Am E7 When I die, when I die, Lord bury me Am Fmaj7 C E7 In my high-top Stetson hat Am E7 Am Am/G E7 Place a twenty-dollar gold piece on my watch chain Fmaj7 E7 Am E7 Am E7 To let the Lord know that I died standing pat Am E7 Am E7 I want six crap-shooters for my pallbearers Am Fmaj7 C E7 A Chorus girl to sing me a song Am E7 Am Am/G E7 Place a jazz band on my hearse wagon Fmaj7 E7 Am E7 Am E7 To raise hell as we roll along Am E7 Am E7 Now that you've heard my story Am Fmaj7 C E7 I'll take another shot of booze Am E7 Am Am/G E7 And if anyone here should ask you Fmaj7 E7 Am E7 Am E7 Just tell them I've got the gambler's blues Instrumental Verse, end on Am Ocultar tablatura St. James Infirmary Instrumental Verse Am E7 E |--------------------------|--0--0--------0-----------| B |--------------------1--3--|-----------1-----3--------| G |--------------------------|-----------------------0--| D |--------------------------|--------2-----------2-----| A |--------------------------|--0-----------------------| E |--------------------------|--------------0-----------| 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + Am Am Fmaj7 E |-----------------------0--|--0--0--------5--3-----0--| B |--1-----------------------|--------------------------| G |-----2--------------------|--------------------5-----| D |--------2-----------2-----|--------2-----3-----------| A |--0-----------------------|--0-----------------------| E |--------------0-----------|--------------------------| 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + C E7 Am E7 E |-----------------0-----0--|--5--0-----0--0-----------| B |--------------------------|--------1-----------3-----| G |--------------------------|--------------------------| D |--------2-----------2-----|--------------------------| A |--3-----------2-----------|--0-----------3-----2-----| E |--------------------------|--------------------------| 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + Am Am/G Fmaj7 E7 E |--------------------------|--------------------------| B |--1--------------1--------|--1--1--------0-----------| G |-----2-----------------0--|-----------2-----1-----2--| D |--------2-----------2-----|--------3-----------2-----| A |--0-----------------------|--------------------------| E |--------------3-----------|--1-----------0-----------| 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + Am E |--------------------------| B |--------------------------| G |--------------------------| D |--------2----------2------| A |--0-----------------------| E |--------------0-----------| 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +