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Am E Am F E Am E Am F E Am
Am E Am
I`m goin` down to the Saint James Infirmary
Am F E
to see my baby there
E Am E Am
she was stretched out on a long white table
F E Am
so smooth, so cold, so fair
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Am E
Am E Am
Well, let her go. let her go, god bless her
Am F E
Wherever she may be
E Am E Am F E Am
she can search this whole wide world over but she`ll never find another sweet man like me
Am E
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E Am E Am
Now when i die I wanna be buried
Am F E
in a box with a coat and a stetson hat
E Am E Am F E Am
put a twenty dollar gold piece on my watch chain so all the Boys will know i died standin` pat
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Am E
F Am E Am F E
I want six crap-shooters to be my pall-bearer. well them choir girls sing me a song
E Am E Am E Am
and put a red hot jazz band on top of my head so we can raise hell as we go along
AM E
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E Am E Am F E
now, folks now you`ve heard my story, bartender pass me a shot of booze
E Am E Am F E
and if anyone should ever ask you, say i had the saint james Infirmary blues