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Gamblers Blues St James Infirmary by Dave Van Ronk - Guitar Chords

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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
Am      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 blood-   shot     red
          Am            E7    Am   Am/G
And as he turned to the crowd around him
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These were the very   words he said.

Am             E7        Am
I went down to St. James Infirmary
Am       Fmaj7   C     E7
I saw my ba-     by    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
My gang will 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
Put a jazz band on my hearse wagon
         Fmaj7      E7   Am
To raise hell as we roll along

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 sweet man like me

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

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 sweet man like me

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