St James Infirmary by Arlo Guthrie, tabs and chords at PlayUkuleleNET

St James Infirmary

Biography:

Arlo Guthrie (born 10th July 1947, Brooklyn, New York ) is an American folk singer who is the son of folk singer and composer Woody Guthrie and his wife Marjorie Mazia Guthrie, a one-time professional dancer with the Martha Graham Company and founder of The Committee to Combat Huntington's Disease. He graduated from the Stockbridge School of Massachusetts in 1965, and briefly attended Rocky Mountain College.

His most famous work is Alice's Restaurant

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Four years of hard work!

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Am E7 Am
It was down at old Joe's bar room
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At the corner by the square
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They were serving drinks as usual
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And the usual crowd was there
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On my left stood big Joe MacKennedy
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His eyes were bloodshot red
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And as he looked at the gang around him
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These were the very words he said.
Am E7 Am
I went down to St. James Infirmary
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I saw my baby there
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Stretched out on a long, white table
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So young, so cold, so fair
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Seventeen coal-black horses
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Hitched to a rubber-tied hack
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Seven girls goin' to the graveyard
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Only six of them are coming back
Am E7 Am
Let her go. Let her go, God bless her
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Wherever she may be
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She may search this wide world over
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And never find another man like me

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When I die just bury me
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In my high-top Stetson hat
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Place a twenty-dollar gold piece on my watch chain
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To let the Lord know I died standing pat
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I want six crap-shooters for my pallbearers
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A Chorus girl to sing me a song
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Place a jazz band on my hearse wagon
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To raise hell as we roll along
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Now that you've heard my story
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I'll take another shot of booze
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And if anyone here should ask you
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I've got the gambler's blues

[Outro]
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