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St James Infirmary Chords by Arlo Guthrie

St James Infirmary chords by Arlo Guthrie

Guitar chords with lyrics

  • Capo on 2nd
Key: Bm

Instrumental Verse :
                                  Am          E7
  E |--------------------------|--0--0--------0-----------|
  B |--------------------1--3--|-----------1-----3--------|
  G |--------------------------|-----------------------0--|
  D |--------------------------|--------2-----------2-----|
  A |--------------------------|--0-----------------------|
  E |--------------------------|--------------0-----------|
       1  +  2  +  3  +  4  +     1  +  2  +  3  +  4  +
       Am                         Am          Fmaj7
  E |-----------------------0--|--0--0--------5--3-----0--|
  B |--1-----------------------|--------------------------|
  G |-----2--------------------|--------------------5-----|
  D |--------2-----------2-----|--------2-----3-----------|
  A |--0-----------------------|--0-----------------------|
  E |--------------0-----------|--------------------------|
       1  +  2  +  3  +  4  +     1  +  2  +  3  +  4  +
       C           E7             Am          E7
  E |-----------------0-----0--|--5--0-----0--0-----------|
  B |--------------------------|--------1-----------3-----|
  G |--------------------------|--------------------------|
  D |--------2-----------2-----|--------------------------|
  A |--3-----------2-----------|--0-----------3-----2-----|
  E |--------------------------|--------------------------|
       1  +  2  +  3  +  4  +     1  +  2  +  3  +  4  +
       Am          Am/G           Fmaj7       E7
  E |--------------------------|--------------------------|
  B |--1--------------1--------|--1--1--------0-----------|
  G |-----2-----------------0--|-----------2-----1-----2--|
  D |--------2-----------2-----|--------3-----------2-----|
  A |--0-----------------------|--------------------------|
  E |--------------3-----------|--1-----------0-----------|
       1  +  2  +  3  +  4  +     1  +  2  +  3  +  4  +
       Am
  E |--------------------------|
  B |--------------------------|
  G |--------------------------|
  D |--------2----------2------|
  A |--0-----------------------|
  E |--------------0-----------|
       1  +  2  +  3  +  4  +
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       Am      E7      Am
It was down at old Joe's bar room
        Am         Fmaj7  C       E7
At the corner      by the square
          Am      E7       Am       Am/G
They were serving drinks as usual
        Fmaj7         E7           Am
And the usual         crowd was there
      Am         E7         Am
On my left stood big Joe MacKennedy
    Am         Fmaj7        C       E7
His eyes were bloodshot     red
           Am           E7         Am    Am/G
And as he looked at the gang around him
      Fmaj7         E7         Am
These were the very words he said.
       Am      E7        Am
I went down to St. James Infirmary
Am            Fmaj7         C    E7
     I saw my baby          there
          Am       E7          Am    Am/G
Stretched out on a long, white table
   Fmaj7        E7      Am
So young, so   cold, so fair
Am             E7         Am
     Seventeen coal-black horses
Am           Fmaj7       C    E7
Hitched to a rubber-tied hack
 Am         E7           Am       Am/G
Seven girls goin' to the graveyard
     Fmaj7           E7     Am
Only six of them are coming back
        Am          E7             Am
Let her go. Let her go, God bless her
Am          Fmaj7       C       E7
   Wherever she may     be
         Am        E7          Am         Am/G
She may search this wide world over
          Fmaj7        E7       Am
And never find another man like me


Am       E7          Am
  When I die just bury me
Am      Fmaj7            C    E7
  In my high-top Stetson hat
        Am            E7               Am        Am/G
Place a twenty-dollar gold piece on my watch chain
           Fmaj7       E7            Am
To let the Lord know I died standing pat
       Am                E7      Am
I want six crap-shooters for my pallbearers
  Am             Fmaj7       C     E7
A Chorus girl to sing me a   song
        Am           E7        Am    Am/G
Place a jazz band on my hearse wagon
   Fmaj7            E7        Am
To raise hell as we roll along
Am               E7       Am
 Now that you've heard my story
Am                  Fmaj7         C    E7
  I'll take another shot of       booze
Am              E7       Am       Am/G
  And if anyone here should ask you
Fmaj7          E7        Am
  I've got the gambler's blues

Outro:
 Am

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