St James Infirmary chords by Arlo Guthrie

Chords with lyrics

• Capo on 2nd

Key: B minorBm

Instrumental Verse :
                 A minorAm     E7E7
 E MajorE |--------------------------|--0--0--------0-----------|
 BB |--------------------1--3--|-----------1-----3--------|
 G+G |--------------------------|-----------------------0--|
 D MajorD |--------------------------|--------2-----------2-----|
 A augmentedA |--------------------------|--0-----------------------|
 E MajorE |--------------------------|--------------0-----------|
    1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +   1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
    A minorAm             A minorAm     Fmaj7Fmaj7
 E MajorE |-----------------------0--|--0--0--------5--3-----0--|
 BB |--1-----------------------|--------------------------|
 G+G |-----2--------------------|--------------------5-----|
 D MajorD |--------2-----------2-----|--------2-----3-----------|
 A augmentedA |--0-----------------------|--0-----------------------|
 E MajorE |--------------0-----------|--------------------------|
    1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +   1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
    C majorC      E7E7       A minorAm     E7E7
 E MajorE |-----------------0-----0--|--5--0-----0--0-----------|
 BB |--------------------------|--------1-----------3-----|
 G+G |--------------------------|--------------------------|
 D MajorD |--------2-----------2-----|--------------------------|
 A augmentedA |--3-----------2-----------|--0-----------3-----2-----|
 E MajorE |--------------------------|--------------------------|
    1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +   1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
    A minorAm     Am/GAm/G      Fmaj7Fmaj7    E7E7
 E MajorE |--------------------------|--------------------------|
 BB |--1--------------1--------|--1--1--------0-----------|
 G+G |-----2-----------------0--|-----------2-----1-----2--|
 D MajorD |--------2-----------2-----|--------3-----------2-----|
 A augmentedA |--0-----------------------|--------------------------|
 E MajorE |--------------3-----------|--1-----------0-----------|
    1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +   1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
    A minorAm
 E MajorE |--------------------------|
 BB |--------------------------|
 G+G |--------------------------|
 D MajorD |--------2----------2------|
 A augmentedA |--0-----------------------|
 E MajorE |--------------0-----------|
    1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +


    A minorAm   E7E7   A minorAm
It was down at old Joe's bar room
    A minorAm     Fmaj7Fmaj7 C majorC    E7E7
At the corner   by the square
     A minorAm   E7E7    A minorAm    Am/GAm/G
They were serving drinks as usual
    Fmaj7Fmaj7     E7E7      A minorAm
And the usual     crowd was there
   A minorAm     E7E7     A minorAm
On my left stood big Joe MacKennedy
  A minorAm     Fmaj7Fmaj7    C majorC    E7E7
His eyes were bloodshot   red
      A minorAm      E7E7     A minorAm  Am/GAm/G
And as he looked at the gang around him
   Fmaj7Fmaj7     E7E7     A minorAm
These were the very words he said.
    A minorAm   E7E7    A minorAm
I went down to St. James Infirmary
A minorAm      Fmaj7Fmaj7     C majorC  E7E7
   I saw my baby     there
     A minorAm    E7E7     A minorAm  Am/GAm/G
Stretched out on a long, white table
  Fmaj7Fmaj7    E7E7   A minorAm
So young, so  cold, so fair
A minorAm       E7E7     A minorAm
   Seventeen coal-black horses
A minorAm      Fmaj7Fmaj7    C majorC  E7E7
Hitched to a rubber-tied hack
 A minorAm     E7E7      A minorAm    Am/GAm/G
Seven girls goin' to the graveyard
   Fmaj7Fmaj7      E7E7   A minorAm
Only six of them are coming back
    A minorAm     E7E7       A minorAm
Let her go. Let her go, God bless her
A minorAm     Fmaj7Fmaj7    C majorC    E7E7
  Wherever she may   be
     A minorAm    E7E7     A minorAm     Am/GAm/G
She may search this wide world over
     Fmaj7Fmaj7    E7E7    A minorAm
And never find another man like me

A minorAm    E7E7     A minorAm
 When I die just bury me
A minorAm   Fmaj7Fmaj7      C majorC  E7E7
 In my high-top Stetson hat
    A minorAm      E7E7        A minorAm    Am/GAm/G
Place a twenty-dollar gold piece on my watch chain
      Fmaj7Fmaj7    E7E7      A minorAm
To let the Lord know I died standing pat
    A minorAm        E7E7   A minorAm
I want six crap-shooters for my pallbearers
 A minorAm       Fmaj7Fmaj7    C majorC   E7E7
A augmentedA Chorus girl to sing me a  song
    A minorAm      E7E7    A minorAm  Am/GAm/G
Place a jazz band on my hearse wagon
  Fmaj7Fmaj7      E7E7    A minorAm
To raise hell as we roll along
A minorAm        E7E7    A minorAm
 Now that you've heard my story
A minorAm         Fmaj7Fmaj7     C majorC  E7E7
 I'll take another shot of    booze
A minorAm       E7E7    A minorAm    Am/GAm/G
 And if anyone here should ask you
Fmaj7Fmaj7     E7E7    A minorAm
 I've got the gambler's blues

Outro:
 A minorAm