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St James Infirmary by Louis Armstrong
St James Infirmary
4/4 Slow Blues.
[Instrumental Intro]
Dm A7 Dm (x2)
[Trumpet Solo]
Dm A7 Dm Dm Bb7 A7 Dm A7 Dm Bb7 A7 Dm (x2)
[Vocal Intro]
Dm A7 Dm (x2)
[Verse 1]
Dm A7 Dm
I went down to St.James Infirmary
Dm Bb7 A7
Saw my baby there
Dm A7 Dm
She was stretched out on a long, white table
Bb7 A7 Dm
So cold, so sweet, so fair
[Verse 2]
Dm A7 Dm
Let her go, let her go, God bless her
Dm Bb7 A7
Wherever she may be
Dm A7 Dm
She can look this wide world over
Bb7 A7 Dm
But she'll never find a sweet man like me
[Verse 3]
Dm A7 Dm
When I die bury me in strait laced shoes,
Dm Bb7 A7
I want a Boxback coat and a Stetson hat
Dm A7 Dm
Put a twenty dollar gold piece on my watch chain
Bb7 A7 Dm
So the boys will know that I died standin' pat
[Instrumental Outro]
Dm A7 Dm (x2)
[Trumpet Solo]
Dm A7 Dm Dm Bb7 A7 Dm A7 Dm Bb7 A7 Dm (x2)
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version 2
Easy intro. Might eventually do solo and middle.
h - Hammer
p - pull off
\ - slide down
Intro
E---------------------------------------------------------------------|
B---------------------------------------------------15----------------|
G--------14---14-14-12--14-----------------14-14-14---15\14-----------|
D--12-15-------------------15p13p12---12-15---------------------------|
A---------------------------------------------------------------------|
E---------------------------------------------------------------------|
E---------------------------------------------------------------------|
B---------------------------------------------------------------------|
G--------14-14~---12~-14----------------------------------------------|
D--12-15-----------------15p13p12-----12-15--15-15\12-----------------|
A---------------------------------------------------------------------|
E---------------------------------------------------------------------|
E---------------------------------------------------------------------|
B---------------------------------------------------15-15141312-------|
G--14--14----14-14\12-14------------------14-14--14------------1514---|
D----15------------------15\1312--12-15-------------------------------|
A---------------------------------------------------------------------|
E---------------------------------------------------------------------|
E---------------------------------------------------------------------|
B---------------------------------------------------------------------|
G--14--14--14-14-12h14p12-14-----------12b-12------12---12------------|
D----15----------------------15-12------------15------15--12`---------|
A---------------------------------------------------------------------|
E---------------------------------------------------------------------|
It was down by old Joe's barroom, on the corner of the square
They were serving drinks as usual, and the usual crowd was there
On my left stood Big Joe McKennedy, and his eyes were bloodshot red
And he turned his face to the people, these were the very words he said
I was down to St. James infirmary, I saw my baby there
She was stretched out on a long white table,
So sweet, cool and so fair
Let her go, let her go, God bless her
Wherever she may be
She may search this whole wide world over
Never find a sweeter man as me
When I die please bury me in my high top Stetson hat
Put a twenty dollar gold piece on my watch chain
The gang'll know I died standing pat
Let her go, let her go God bless her
Wherever she may be
She may search this wide world over
Never find a sweeter man as me
I want six crapshooters to be my pallbearers
Three pretty women to sing a song
Stick a jazz band on my hearse wagon
Raise hell as I stroll along
Let her go Let her go
God bless her
Wherever she may be
She may search this whole wide
World over
She'll never find a sweeter
Man as me
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version 3
The song is in F natural minor
Intro
Fm C7 Fm Fm A#m Fm
|--------------|--------------|-----------1--|--------------|
|--1--1--1--1--|-----1--------|--1--1--1--2--|--2--1--------|
|-----1-----1--|--3-----1-----|-----1-----3--|-----1--------|
|-----3-----3--|--2-----3--3--|-----3--------|-----3--------|
|--------------|--3-----3-----|--------------|--------------|
|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
Fm C7 Fm Fm Fm
|--------------|--------------|---------------|--------------|
|--1--1--1--1--|-----1--------|---------------|--------------|
|-----1-----1--|--3-----1-----|---1--1--0--0--|--1-----------|
|-----3-----3--|--2-----3--3--|--3--3--3--3---|--3--3--------|
|--------------|--3-----3-----|---------------|--3-----------|
|--------------|--------------|---------------|--------------|
Here is the melody:
|--------------|--------------|--------------|---------------|
|--------------|--------------|-----------6--|---------------|
|--5--5--5--5--|--3--5--1-----|--5--5--5-----|--6--5---------|
|--------------|-----------3--|--------------|---------------|
|--------------|--------------|--------------|---------------|
|--------------|--------------|--------------|---------------|
|--------------|--------------|---------------|--------------|
|--------------|--------------|---------------|--------------|
|--5--5--5--5--|--3--5--1-----|---1--1--0--0--|--1-----------|
|--------------|-----------3--|--3--3--3--3---|-----3--------|
|--------------|--------------|---------------|--------------|
|--------------|--------------|---------------|--------------|
It was down by old Joe's barroom, on the corner of the square
They were serving drinks as usual, and the usual crowd was there
On my left stood Big Joe McKennedy, and his eyes were bloodshot red
And he turned his face to the people, these were the very words he said
I was down to St. James infirmary, I saw my baby there
She was stretched out on a long white table,
So sweet, cool and so fair
Let her go, let her go, God bless her
Wherever she may be
She may search this whole wide world over
Never find a sweeter man as me
When I die please bury me in my high top Stetson hat
Put a twenty dollar gold piece on my watch chain
The gang'll know I died standing pat
Let her go, let her go God bless her
Wherever she may be
She may search this wide world over
Never find a sweeter man as me
I want six crapshooters to be my pallbearers
Three pretty women to sing a song
Stick a jazz band on my hearse wagon
Raise hell as I stroll along
Let her go Let her go
God bless her
Wherever she may be
She may search this whole wide
World over
She'll never find a sweeter
Man as me
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