The Ballad Of Spider John chords by Ramsey Willis Alan

@SONG: "The Ballad of Spider John"
@CHORDS: Michael D. Montgomery (Bonzjivar@aol.com)
Willis Allen Ramsey ("Willis Allen Ramsey")

Intro:  Am (pull off index finger)
Am                       C
Spider John is ....
D                                                                  Am
I'm in between freights and sure ....
                 C                          G
If  I could ....
Am                       C
I'm on my ...
           D                        G
Been runnin' ....
Am                     C                     G
runnin' from the things ...
        Am                                       C
now I know my words ...
                D                                                            Am
But if you wait till my song is ...
                  C                    G
You might come ...

               Am                     C                      D                  G
How I'm old and bent and Devil sent, ....
                 Am                    C                           D
When not long ago I held a ...

Chorus:
                       Em                   Em7
     Oh, I was a ...
                 A7                                      Em      Em7       A7
     I was a motor bank stool-pidgeon...
         Em                    Em7           A7
     I thought I lost my blues, yes I ....
               F                            C        G         Em
     And I thought I'd found a ...
                    G                   F
      And old Spider ...
     C                     Am
      long, tall, ...
                    G                           F                   C             Am
      Yes, old Spider John with a ...
                               C
Then one day I met ...
       D
and she was the sweetest ...
              Am                       C                     G
That the summer wind had ...
       Am                 C                   D                  G
But Lil she had no idea, of my ...
       Am                                     C                   G
She thought I was a saint, not a ...
Am                         C                   D
Spider he loved his lady so much, he ...
                          Am              C                               G
For I knew if I did the lady would ...
                                   Am                            C
But you know that the word got ...
             D                     G
And he never ...
Am                          C                           D
Tossin' and turnin', ...

(repeat chorus)
Am                  C
That is all ...
      D                                 	           Am
It's been these thirty years ...
	     C		G
To find my ...
Am	        C		      D	               G
If you see my Lilly, won't ....
	     Am			   C		    G
Tell her old Spider got tangled ....
		     Am    		   C		    G
You can tell her that Spider got ...


Additions/corrections are welcome