{"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":62746,"song":"Ballad Of Spider John","artist":"Jimmy Buffett","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/62746-ballad-of-spider-john-chords-by-jimmy-buffett/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/62746?type=chord","rating":4.66272,"votes":116,"content":"[Intro]\r\n[ch]Am[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSpider John is my name, friend[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI'm in between freights and I sure[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nwould be obliged[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIf you'd share your company[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI know this may sound strange to you[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBut if you wait till the song is sung[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nand the story is told[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nYou might come to understand[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Am[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWhy I'm old and bent and devil-spent,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nrunnin' out of time[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Am[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWhen I long ago held a royal flush in[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nmy hand[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]            [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nOh, I was a supermarket fool[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A7[/ch]\r\nI was a roll-the-bank stool-pigeon,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]          [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nrobbin' my hometown[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nI thought I lost my blues[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nYes, I thought I paid my dues[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]F[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI thought I'd found a life to suit my style[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]F[/ch]\r\nBut here I sit, ol’ Spider John the robber-man[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]               [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nLong, tall, and handsome[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]F[/ch]\r\nYes, ol’ Spider John with a loaded[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nhand, takin' ransom[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThen one day I met Diamond Lill[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nShe was the sweetest thing, I[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Am[/ch]\r\ndeclare, that the summer breeze had[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\never blown my way[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBut Lilly she had no idea, of my[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nillustrious occupation[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nShe thought I was a saint, not a[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nsinner, gone astray[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nBut you see that word got around and[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nLilly left town[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI never saw her again[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nTossin' and turnin', 'causin' my heart[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]D[/ch]   [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nto grieve[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]            [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nOh, I was a supermarket fool[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A7[/ch]\r\nI was a roll-the-bank stool-pigeon,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]          [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nrobbin' my hometown.[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nI thought I lost my blues[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nYes, I thought I paid my dues[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]F[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI thought I'd found a life to suit my style[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]F[/ch]\r\nBut here I sit, ol’ Spider John the robber-man[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]               [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nLong, tall, and handsome[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]F[/ch]\r\nYes, ol’ Spider John with a loaded[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nhand, takin' ransom[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThat is all my story[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nIt's been these thirty years since I[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]Am[/ch]\r\ntook to the road[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nTo find my precious jewel one[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd if you see my Lilly, won't you give[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nher my regards[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nTell her ol’ Spider got tangled in the[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nblack web that he spun[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nYou can tell her ol’ Spider got tangled[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nthe black web that he spun[/tab]","plain_text":"[Intro]\nAm\n\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\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\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]","chords":["Am","C","D","G","D7","Em","A7","F"],"chord_diagrams":{"A7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,0,2,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,0,2,0]},"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"D7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,1,3],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,1,2]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}