St James Hospital chords by Doc Watson

Chords with lyrics

St. James hospital - Doc Watson

From the album "Doc Watson" released in 1964

Original key: B minorBm

capo II

Intro:

A minorAm

A minorAm    G+G         E7E7  A minorAm
Early one morning at the St. James Hospital
A minorAm    G+G          E7E7
Early one morning morn in the month of May
    A minorAm         G+G      E7E7      A minorAm
When I looked through the window and a'spied a dear cowboy
A minorAm   DmDm    E7E7     A minorAm
A augmentedA dear cowboy as cold as the clay

A minorAm     G+G     E7E7     A minorAm
Set ye down by me and hear my sad story
A minorAm     G+G     E7E7
Set ye down by me and sing me a song
    A minorAm      G+G       E7E7      A minorAm
For my poor head is aching and my sad heart is breaking
A minorAm     DmDm     E7E7       A minorAm
I'm a poor cowboy that knowed he done wrong

A minorAm      G+G        E7E7   A minorAm
Send for that doctor to come n'heal up my body
A minorAm        G+G          E7E7
And send for the preacher to come and pray for my soul
    A minorAm      G+G       E7E7     A minorAm
For my poor head is aching and my sad heart is breaking
A minorAm  DmDm       E7E7     A minorAm
I'm a poor cowboy and hell is my doom

A minorAm         G+G          E7E7    A minorAm
Get sixteen pretty maidens to come and carry my coffin
A minorAm       G+G          E7E7
Sixteen pretty maidens to come and sing me a song
  A minorAm     G+G         E7E7       A minorAm
And tell 'em to bring some o'them sweet smelling roses
A minorAm      DmDm        E7E7    A minorAm
So they can't smell me as they tote me along


A minorAm       G+G     E7E7      A minorAm
Beat the drums slowly and play the fife lowly
A minorAm       G+G      E7E7
Play the death march as ye carry me along
   A minorAm     G+G     E7E7   A minorAm
Throw bunches of lilies all over my coffin
A minorAm        DmDm     E7E7       A minorAm