{"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":2345341,"song":"St James Infirmary","artist":"Arlo Guthrie","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11485723-st-james-infirmary-chords-by-arlo-guthrie/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2345341?type=chord","rating":4.61806,"votes":166,"content":"[tab]Instrumental Verse :\r\n                                  [ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]E7[/ch]\r\n  E |--------------------------|--0--0--------0-----------|\r\n  B |--------------------1--3--|-----------1-----3--------|\r\n  G |--------------------------|-----------------------0--|\r\n  D |--------------------------|--------2-----------2-----|\r\n  A |--------------------------|--0-----------------------|\r\n  E |--------------------------|--------------0-----------|\r\n       1  +  2  +  3  +  4  +     1  +  2  +  3  +  4  +[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Am[/ch]                         [ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]Fmaj7[/ch]\r\n  E |-----------------------0--|--0--0--------5--3-----0--|\r\n  B |--1-----------------------|--------------------------|\r\n  G |-----2--------------------|--------------------5-----|\r\n  D |--------2-----------2-----|--------2-----3-----------|\r\n  A |--0-----------------------|--0-----------------------|\r\n  E |--------------0-----------|--------------------------|\r\n       1  +  2  +  3  +  4  +     1  +  2  +  3  +  4  +[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]E7[/ch]             [ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]E7[/ch]\r\n  E |-----------------0-----0--|--5--0-----0--0-----------|\r\n  B |--------------------------|--------1-----------3-----|\r\n  G |--------------------------|--------------------------|\r\n  D |--------2-----------2-----|--------------------------|\r\n  A |--3-----------2-----------|--0-----------3-----2-----|\r\n  E |--------------------------|--------------------------|\r\n       1  +  2  +  3  +  4  +     1  +  2  +  3  +  4  +[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]Am/G[/ch]           [ch]Fmaj7[/ch]       [ch]E7[/ch]\r\n  E |--------------------------|--------------------------|\r\n  B |--1--------------1--------|--1--1--------0-----------|\r\n  G |-----2-----------------0--|-----------2-----1-----2--|\r\n  D |--------2-----------2-----|--------3-----------2-----|\r\n  A |--0-----------------------|--------------------------|\r\n  E |--------------3-----------|--1-----------0-----------|\r\n       1  +  2  +  3  +  4  +     1  +  2  +  3  +  4  +[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n  E |--------------------------|\r\n  B |--------------------------|\r\n  G |--------------------------|\r\n  D |--------2----------2------|\r\n  A |--0-----------------------|\r\n  E |--------------0-----------|\r\n       1  +  2  +  3  +  4  +[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[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]Fmaj7[/ch]         [ch]E7[/ch]           [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd the usual         crowd was there[/tab]\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 bloodshot     red[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]E7[/ch]         [ch]Am[/ch]    [ch]Am/G[/ch]\r\nAnd as he looked at the gang around him[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Fmaj7[/ch]         [ch]E7[/ch]         [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThese were the very words he said.[/tab]\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\n     I saw my baby          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[tab][ch]Am[/ch]             [ch]E7[/ch]         [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n     Seventeen 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[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\n   Wherever 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\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]E7[/ch]          [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n  When I die just bury me[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]Fmaj7[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]E7[/ch]\r\n  In 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\nTo let the Lord know I died standing pat[/tab]\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\nPlace 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[tab][ch]Am[/ch]               [ch]E7[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n Now that you've heard my story[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                  [ch]Fmaj7[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]E7[/ch]\r\n  I'll take another shot of       booze[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]              [ch]E7[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]Am/G[/ch]\r\n  And if anyone here should ask you[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Fmaj7[/ch]          [ch]E7[/ch]        [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n  I've got the gambler's blues[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n [ch]Am[/ch]","plain_text":"[Outro]\n Am","chords":["Am","E7","E","B","G","D","A","Fmaj7","C","Am/G"],"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]}}}