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The Ballad of Spider John
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By Jimmy Buffett
Intro: Am (pulloff w/ index finger)
1)
Am C
"Spider John" is my ...
D Am
I'm in between freights and ...
C G
if you'd share ....
Am C
I know this may sound ...
D Am
but if you wait till the song is ....,
C G
you might come to ....
Am C D G
Oh, I'm old and bent and Devil sent....
Am C D
When I long ago held a ...
(Chorus:)
Em
Oh, I was a ...
A7 Em A7
I was a motor bank stool-...
Em A7
I thought I lost my blues, ...
F C G
I thought I'd found a life ...
G F
But here I sit old Spider ....
C Am
long, tall, ...
G F C Am
Yes, old Spider John with a ...
2)
Then one day I met Diamond Lill....
(repeat chorus)
3)
That is all my story....
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[This song is not published (to my knowledge). This is my own
chord arrangement and therefore may contain errors for which I
apologize in advance.]
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// Mike A. Hall // "If I don't die by Thursday, //
// mhall@moe.coe.uga.edu // I'll be roarin' Friday night." //
// // --J.Buffett //
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