{"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":1836924,"song":"St James Infirmary","artist":"Doc Watson","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11406223-st-james-infirmary-chords-by-doc-watson/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1836924?type=chord","rating":4.8296,"votes":39,"content":"From the album \"Third Generation Blues\" Doc Watson and Richard Watson\r\n\r\nChords \r\n EADGBe\r\n [ch]Em7[/ch] 02203x\r\n [ch]Emadd9[/ch] 022002\r\n [ch]Em6[/ch] 022020\r\n [ch]Am6[/ch] 002212\r\n [ch]Am7[/ch] 002213\r\n [ch]C[/ch] x32013\r\n\r\n[Intro refrain]\r\n[tab][ch]Em7[/ch]\r\n When will I ever be happy[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nWhen will I ever smile[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch] \r\n My baby went and left me [/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nAnd she'll be gone a long long while[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]C[/ch] [ch]B7[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]Emadd9[/ch] [ch]Em6[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]Em6[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]B7[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]Emadd9[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nWent down to that St. James Infirmary[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch] [ch]Emadd9[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Am6[/ch]\r\nHeard sweet baby groan[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch] [ch]B7[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]Emadd9[/ch] [ch]Em6[/ch] \r\nNobody down there could cheer me[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]B7[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]Emadd9[/ch]\r\n'Cause I knowed that she'd soon be gone[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch] [ch]B7[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]Emadd9[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd as I was standing there a'grievin[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch] [ch]Am6[/ch]\r\nMy heart feelin' just like lead[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch] [ch]B7[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]Emadd9[/ch]\r\nI knowed that she'd soon be leavin[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]B7[/ch] [ch]Emadd9[/ch]\r\nI's a'Wishing that it was me instead[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Instrumental break]\r\n\r\n[ch]Em[/ch] [ch]B7[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]Emadd9[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n\r\n[ch]Em[/ch] [ch]Emadd9[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Am7[/ch] [ch]Am6[/ch]\r\n\r\n[ch]Em[/ch] [ch]B7[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]Emadd9[/ch] \r\n\r\n[ch]C[/ch] [ch]B7[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]Emadd9[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch] [ch]B7[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]Emadd9[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nThen I went out to Old Joe's bar room[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch] [ch]Am7[/ch] [ch]Am6[/ch]\r\nMost of my friends were there[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch] [ch]B7[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]Emadd9[/ch]\r\nBut nobody understood my trouble[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]B7[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]Emadd9[/ch]\r\nI tell you, nobody seemed to care.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch] [ch]B7[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nWhen I got back to that St. James Infirmary[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Am6[/ch]\r\nAll was still as night[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch] [ch]B7[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]Emadd9[/ch]\r\nSweet baby on a long low table[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]B7[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]Emadd9[/ch]\r\nShe was pale, and so cold and white[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 5]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch] [ch]B7[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]Emadd9[/ch]\r\nAnd when I put my hand on her pretty face[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Am7[/ch] [ch]Am6[/ch]\r\nIt was cold like marble stone[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]B7[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]Emadd9[/ch]\r\nAnd I knowed that no woman could ever take her place[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]B7[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]Emadd9[/ch]\r\nLord it made me feel so alone[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Instrumental break]\r\n\r\n[ch]Em[/ch] [ch]B7[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]Emadd9[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n\r\n[ch]Em[/ch] [ch]Emadd9[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Am7[/ch] [ch]Am6[/ch]\r\n\r\n[ch]Em[/ch] [ch]B7[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]Emadd9[/ch] \r\n\r\n[ch]C[/ch] [ch]B7[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]Emadd9[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 6]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch] [ch]B7[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]Emadd9[/ch]\r\nShe's gone, she's gone God bless her[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Am6[/ch]\r\nWhere-ever she might be[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]B7[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]Em6[/ch]\r\nIf she'd searched this whole world over[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]B7[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]Emadd9[/ch]\r\nShe wouldn't have found a friend like me[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 7]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch] [ch]B7[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]Emadd9[/ch]\r\nGive me my box back coat and my button shoes[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Am7[/ch] [ch]Am6[/ch]\r\nwhen you've laid me down to sleep[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]B7[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]Emadd9[/ch]\r\nPut these old guitar picks right up in my lapel[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]B7[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]Emadd9[/ch]\r\nAnd fellas set this old guitar right down by my feet[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 8]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch] [ch]B7[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]Emadd9[/ch] \r\nWent down to that St. James Infirmary[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Emadd9[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Amadd6[/ch]\r\nHeard my sweet baby groan[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch] [ch]B7[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]Em9[/ch] \r\nNobody down there could cheer me[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]B7[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]Emadd9[/ch]\r\n'Cause I knowed that she'd soon be gone[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Outro Instrumental]\r\n\r\n[ch]Em[/ch] [ch]B7[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]Emadd9[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n\r\n[ch]Em[/ch] [ch]Emadd9[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Am7[/ch] [ch]Amadd6[/ch]\r\n\r\n[ch]Em[/ch] [ch]B7[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]Emadd9[/ch] \r\n\r\n[ch]C[/ch] [ch]B7[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]Emadd9[/ch]","plain_text":"From the album \"Third Generation Blues\" Doc Watson and Richard Watson\n\nChords \n EADGBe\n Em7 02203x\n Emadd9 022002\n Em6 022020\n Am6 002212\n Am7 002213\n C x32013\n\n[Intro refrain]\n\n\n\n\n\nC B7 Em Emadd9 Em6\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Instrumental break]\n\nEm B7 Em Emadd9 Em\n\nEm Emadd9 Am Am7 Am6\n\nEm B7 Em Emadd9 \n\nC B7 Em Emadd9\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 5]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Instrumental break]\n\nEm B7 Em Emadd9 Em\n\nEm Emadd9 Am Am7 Am6\n\nEm B7 Em Emadd9 \n\nC B7 Em Emadd9\n\n[Verse 6]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 7]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 8]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Outro Instrumental]\n\nEm B7 Em Emadd9 Em\n\nEm Emadd9 Am Am7 Amadd6\n\nEm B7 Em Emadd9 \n\nC B7 Em Emadd9","chords":["Em7","Emadd9","Em6","Am6","Am7","C","Am","Em","B7","Amadd6","Em9"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"Am7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,0,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,0,1,0]},"B7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,1,3,0,4],"frets":[-1,2,1,2,0,2]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"Em7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,2,0,3,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,3,0]}}}