{"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":417301,"song":"St James Infirmary","artist":"Ramblin' Jack Elliott","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11559448-st-james-infirmary-chords-by-ramblin-jack-elliott/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/417301?type=chord","rating":5,"votes":328,"content":"-------------------------------------------------------------------------------\r\n-------------------------------------------------------------------------------\r\nTuning:Standard\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]             [ch]E[/ch]         [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nIt was down in Old Joe's bar-room,[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]F[/ch]      [ch]E[/ch]      [ch]E7[/ch]\r\non the corner by the square,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]    [ch]E[/ch]            [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nthe usual crowd was assembled[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]          [ch]E[/ch]        [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nand big Joe Mckenny was there.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]              [ch]E[/ch]     [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nHe was standing at my shoulder,[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]E[/ch]    [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nhis eyes were bloodshot red,[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]E[/ch]     [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nhe turned to the crowd around him[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]F[/ch]    [ch]E[/ch]        [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nthese are the very words he said...wad he say Jack?[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                 [ch]E[/ch]           [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI went down to the St. James Infirmary[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]F[/ch]    [ch]E[/ch]      [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nI saw my baby there,[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]             [ch]E[/ch]          [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nshe was layed out on a cold white table,[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]F[/ch]        [ch]E[/ch]         [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nso cold, so white, so fair.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                  [ch]E[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nLet her go, let her go, god bless her[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]E[/ch]    [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nwherever she may be,[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]E[/ch]          [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nshe may search this wide world over,[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]E[/ch]        [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nshe'll never find a sweet man like me.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]E[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWhen I die, bury me,[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]E[/ch]     [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nin a high top Stetson hat,[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Am[/ch]        [ch]E[/ch]         [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nput a 20 dollar goldpiece on my watch chain,[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]E[/ch]             [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nso god know I died standing pat.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]E[/ch]                [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI want 6 crapshooters for pallbearers,[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]E[/ch]     [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nchorus gonna sing me a song,[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Am[/ch]        [ch]E[/ch]            [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nput a jazz band on my hearse wagon,[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]F[/ch]        [ch]E[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nraise hell, as I roll along.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                  [ch]E[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nLet her go, let her go, god bless her[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]E[/ch]    [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nwherever she may be,[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]E[/ch]          [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nshe may search this wide world over,[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]E[/ch]        [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nshe'll never find a sweet man like me.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]E[/ch]            [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nRoll out your rubber tired carriage[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]F[/ch]        [ch]E[/ch]      [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nroll out your old time hack,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]     [ch]E[/ch]            [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n12 men going to the graveyard and,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]  [ch]E[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n11 coming back[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]E[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nNow that I've told my story,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]E[/ch]      [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nI'll take another shot of booze,[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]E[/ch]         [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nand if anyone should happen to ask me,[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]F[/ch]          [ch]E[/ch]         [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI got those, gambler's blues.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                  [ch]E[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nLet her go, let her go, god bless her[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]E[/ch]    [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nwherever she may be,[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]E[/ch]          [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nshe may search this wide world over,[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]E[/ch]        [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nshe'll never find a sweet man like me.[/tab]","plain_text":"-------------------------------------------------------------------------------\n-------------------------------------------------------------------------------\nTuning:Standard\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]","chords":["Am","E","F","E7"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]},"E7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,0,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,0,1,0,0]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]}}}