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St James Infirmary by Jesse Stewart
St James Infirmary
Tuning:E A D G B E
Capo:1st fret
Mandolin chords:
Capo name | Capo fingering | Real name
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Am | 2-2-3-5 | A#min
Emaj | 4-2-2-4 | Fmaj
F | 5-3-0-1 | F#maj
C | 0-2-3-0 | C#maj
E5 | 4-2-2-0 | F5
E7 | 1-0-2-0 | F7
G | 0-0-2-3 | G#maj
Esus4 | 4-2-2-5 | Fsus4
From here on, capo chord names will be used.
Fill:
E5 E5 Emaj Esus4 Emaj E5
[Verse 1]
Am Emaj Am Am
I went down to old Joe's bar-room
F C E5 E7
On the corner by the square
Am Emaj Am G
And drinks were being served as usual
F Emaj Am Am
And a goodly crowd was there
[Verse 2]
Am Emaj Am Am
When up stepped big Joe McKennedy
F C E5 E7
And his eyes (his eyes) were bloodshot red
Am Emaj Am G
As he poured himself more whiskey
F Emaj Am Am
Oh these are the very words that he said
[Verse 3]
Am Emaj Am Am
Said I went down to the St. James Infirmary
F C E5 E7
And I saw my baby there
Am Emaj Am G
Stretched out on a long white table
F Emaj Am Am
So sweet, so still, so cold and so goddamn fair
[Verse 4 - 2x speed]
Am Emaj Am Am
Let her go, let her go, god bless her soul
F C E5 E7
Wherever she may be
Am Emaj Am
She may search the whole wide world over
G F Emaj Am Am
But she'll never find a sweet man like me
[Verse 5 - 2x speed]
Am Emaj Am Am
When I die best put me in my straight lace shoes
F C E5 E7
Box-back coat, a high-top stetson hat
Am Emaj Am G
Put a twenty-dollar gold piece into my watch-chain
F Emaj Am Am
So my boys will know I died standing pat
[Refrain]
Am Emaj Am Am
F C E5 E7
Am Emaj Am G
F Fill Am Am
[Verse 6]
Am Emaj Am Am
When I die just bury me in my straight lace shoes
F C E5 E7
With a box-back coat and a high-top Stetson hat
Am Emaj Am G
Put a twenty-dollar gold piece into my watch-chain
F Emaj Am Am
So my boys will know I died standing pat
[Verse 7]
Am Emaj Am Am
Well there's sixteen coal black horses
F C E5 E7
And they're hitched to her rubber-tired hack
Am Emaj Am G
And there's seven women going into that graveyard
F Emaj Am Am
Only six of them are ever coming back
[Verse 8 - 2x speed]
Am Emaj Am Am
Let her go, let her go, god bless her soul
F C E5 E7
Wherever she may be
Am Emaj Am G
She may search this whole wide world over
F Emaj
But she'll never find another man [?] who gives a shit about a fucking alcoholic
Am Am
homeless woman like me
[Refrain]
Am Emaj Am Am
F C E5 E7
Am Emaj Am G
F Fill Am Am
[Refrain]
Am Emaj Am Am
F C E5 E7
Am Emaj Am G
F Fill Am Am
[Verse 9]
Am Emaj Am Am
I want six craps shooters pall bearers
F C E5 E7
Want a chorus girl to sing me a song
Am Emaj Am G
And I want a big ol' jazz-band riding on the back of my hack
F Emaj Am Am
To raise sweet hell as we roll along
[Verse 10]
Am Emaj Am Am
And now that you've heard my story
F C E5 E7
Won't you buy me another shot of that booze?
Am Emaj Am G
And if any man, he should ask you
F Emaj Am Am
You tell 'em I got them St. James Infirmary blues
[Outro]
F F Emaj Emaj Am Am Am Am
You tell 'em I got (I got) I got the St. James Infirmary blues
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