{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1064286,"song":"Gamblers Blues St James Infirmary","artist":"Dave Van Ronk","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11235716-gamblers-blues-st-james-infirmary-chords-by-dave-van-ronk/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1064286?type=chord","rating":4.61597,"votes":179,"content":"[tab][ch]Am[/ch]             [ch]E7[/ch]        [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nIt was down at old Joe's bar room[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                 [ch]Fmaj7[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nAt the corner      by     the square[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]E7[/ch]        [ch]Am[/ch]   [ch]Am/G[/ch]\r\nThey were serving drinks as usual[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]Fmaj7[/ch] [ch]E7[/ch]        [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd the usual crowd was there[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]               [ch]E7[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nOn my left stood big Joe MacKennedy[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]Fmaj7[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nHis eyes were blood-   shot     red[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]E7[/ch]    [ch]Am[/ch]   [ch]Am/G[/ch]\r\nAnd as he turned to the crowd around him[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]             [ch]Fmaj[/ch]   [ch]E7[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThese were the very   words he said.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]             [ch]E7[/ch]        [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI went down to St. James Infirmary[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]Fmaj7[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nI saw my ba-     by    there[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                 [ch]E7[/ch]          [ch]Am[/ch]    [ch]Am/G[/ch]\r\nStretched out on a long, white table[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Fmaj7[/ch]       [ch]E7[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nSo young, so   cold, so fair[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]        [ch]E7[/ch]         [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nSeventeen coal-black horses[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]Fmaj7[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nHitched to a rubber-tied hack[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]E7[/ch]           [ch]Am[/ch]    [ch]Am/G[/ch]\r\nSeven girls goin' to the graveyard[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Fmaj7[/ch]           [ch]E7[/ch]     [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nOnly six of them are coming back[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]E7[/ch]          [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nLet her go. Let her go, God bless her[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]Fmaj7[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nWherever she     may     be[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]E7[/ch]         [ch]Am[/ch]    [ch]Am/G[/ch]\r\nShe may search this wide world over[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Fmaj7[/ch]        [ch]E7[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd never find another man like me[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]E7[/ch]   [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWhen I die just bury me[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]    [ch]Fmaj7[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nIn my high-top Stetson hat[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]E7[/ch]               [ch]Am[/ch]        [ch]Am/G[/ch]\r\nPlace a twenty-dollar gold piece on my watch chain[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Fmaj7[/ch]          [ch]E7[/ch]                   [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nMy gang will know I      died standing pat[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]       [ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]E7[/ch]              [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI want six crap-shooters for my pallbearers[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Am[/ch]             [ch]Fmaj7[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nA chorus girl to sing me a   song[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]E7[/ch]        [ch]Am[/ch]        [ch]Am/G[/ch]\r\nPut a jazz band on my hearse wagon[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Fmaj7[/ch]      [ch]E7[/ch]   [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nTo raise hell as we roll along[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]E7[/ch]          [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nLet her go. Let her go, God bless her[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]Fmaj7[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nWherever she     may     be[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]E7[/ch]         [ch]Am[/ch]    [ch]Am/G[/ch]\r\nShe may search this wide world over[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Fmaj7[/ch]      [ch]E7[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd never find sweet man like me[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]              [ch]E7[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nNow that you've heard my story[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                [ch]Fmaj7[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nI'll take another shot    of   booze[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]E7[/ch]          [ch]Am[/ch]     [ch]Am/G[/ch]\r\nAnd if anyone here should ask you[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Fmaj7[/ch]  [ch]E7[/ch]        [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI've got the    gambler's blues[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]E7[/ch]              [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nLet her go. Let her go, God bless her[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]Fmaj7[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nWherever she     may     be[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]E7[/ch]         [ch]Am[/ch]    [ch]Am/G[/ch]\r\nShe may search this wide world over[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Fmaj7[/ch]      [ch]E7[/ch]     [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd never find sweet man like me[/tab]","plain_text":"","chords":["Am","E7","Fmaj7","C","Am/G","Fmaj","A"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"Am/G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[3,0,2,2,1,0],"frets":[3,0,2,2,1,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"E7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,0,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,0,1,0,0]},"Fmaj7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,0,3,4,2,0],"frets":[1,-1,2,2,1,0]}}}