Dave Van Ronk – Gamblers Blues St James Infirmary chords

           Am      E7    AmIt 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       AmAnd the usual         crowd was there
 
            Am     E7           AmOn my left stood big Joe MacKennedy
      Am           Fmaj7    C    E7 His eyes were bloodshot     red
                Am            E7            Am   Am/G And as he turned to the crowd around him
             Fmaj7      E7            AmThese were the very words he said.
 
           Am    E7         AmI 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     AmSo 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     AmOnly six of them are coming back
 

            Am         E7             AmLet 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       AmI 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             AmLet 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             AmLet 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