St James Infirmary Blues

Intro: Em B7 Em Barkeep, barkeep, gimme another shot of that Old Crow Em B7 Em Tell you a story about my friend Big Joe Em B7 Em Said I was down in Old Joe's barroom Em B7 Em Right there in the square Em B7 Em Well all the usual suspects was assembled Em B7 Em Big Joe Mckinny was there Em B7 Em He said "Boys I wanna tell you a story" Em G B7 His eyes were all bloodshot red Em B7 Am Well he leaned down real low and he told me Em B7 Em These were the words he said Em B7 Em "I went down to Saint James Infirmary Em B7 Em I heard my baby groan Em B7 Em She was stretched out on a long white table Em B7 Em She used to be my very own Em B7 Em Oh let her go, let her go, god bless her Em G B7 Wherever she may be Em B7 Am She can search that wide world over Em B7 Em She won't never find a meaner man than me" Em B7 Em When I die bury me in straight lace shoes Em B7 Em A box-back coat and a Stetson hat Em B7 Em And put a twenty dollar gold chain on my daddy's old watch Em B7 Em So those boys know I died standing pat Em B7 Em And give me six crap-shooters for pall-bearers Em G B7 Let a Chorus girl sing me a song Em B7 Am Put a red hot jazz band on my funeral march Em B7 Em Raise hell as I roll along Em B7 Em Roll out your old-time carriage Em B7 Em I say roll out your old-time hat Em B7 Em Oh there's twelve men going down to the graveyard Em B7 Em And eleven are coming back Em B7 Em Well Big Joe, he's one mighty box man Em G B7 But the plague took the woman he loved Em B7 Am Like it took old King Jesse before her Em B7 Em It'll come take your soul 'fore it's done Em B7 Em Now that I told my story Em B7 Em Pour another shot of booze Em B7 Em And if anyone should ever ask me, yeah yeah Em B7 Em Well I got those Saint James Infirmary Blues, yeah yeah Em B7 Em I went down Em G B7 I went down Em B7 Am I went down Em B7 Em I went down