Am (x02210@1) E7 (020130@1) AmIt (x02210@1)was down at old Joe's bar room
Am (x02210@1) Fmaj7 (1x3210@1)C (x32010@1) E7 (020130@1)At the corner by the square
Am (x02210@1) E7 (020130@1) Am (x02210@1) Am/G (302210@1)They were serving drinks as usual
Fmaj7 (1x3210@1) E7 (020130@1) AmAnd (x02210@1)the usual crowd was there
Am (x02210@1) E7 (020130@1) AmOn (x02210@1)my left stood big Joe MacKennedy
Am (x02210@1) Fmaj7 (1x3210@1) C (x32010@1) E7 (020130@1)His eyes were bloodshot red
Am (x02210@1) E7 (020130@1) Am (x02210@1) Am/G (302210@1)And as he turned to the crowd around him
Fmaj7 (1x3210@1) E7 (020130@1) AmThese (x02210@1)were the very words he said.
Am (x02210@1) E7 (020130@1) AmI (x02210@1)went down to St. James Infirmary
Am (x02210@1) Fmaj7 (1x3210@1) C (x32010@1) E7 (020130@1) I saw my baby there
Am (x02210@1) E7 (020130@1) Am (x02210@1) Am/G (302210@1)Stretched out on a long, white table
Fmaj7 (1x3210@1) E7 (020130@1) AmSo (x02210@1)young, so cold, so fair
Am (x02210@1) E7 (020130@1) Am (x02210@1) Seventeen coal-black horses
Am (x02210@1) Fmaj7 (1x3210@1) C (x32010@1) E7 (020130@1)Hitched to a rubber-tied hack
Am (x02210@1) E7 (020130@1) Am (x02210@1) Am/G (302210@1)Seven girls goin' to the graveyard
Fmaj7 (1x3210@1) E7 (020130@1) AmOnly (x02210@1)six of them are coming back
Am (x02210@1) E7 (020130@1) AmLet (x02210@1)her go. Let her go, God bless her
Am (x02210@1) Fmaj7 (1x3210@1) C (x32010@1) E7 (020130@1) Wherever she may be
Am (x02210@1) E7 (020130@1) Am (x02210@1) Am/G (302210@1)She may search this wide world over
Fmaj7 (1x3210@1) E7 (020130@1) Am (x02210@1)
And never find another man like me
Am (x02210@1) E7 (020130@1) Am (x02210@1) When I die just bury me
Am (x02210@1) Fmaj7 (1x3210@1) C (x32010@1) E7 (020130@1) In my high-top Stetson hat
Am (x02210@1) E7 (020130@1) Am (x02210@1) Am/G (302210@1)Place a twenty-dollar gold piece on my watch chain
Fmaj7 (1x3210@1) E7 (020130@1) Am (x02210@1)
My gang will know I died standing pat
Am (x02210@1) E7 (020130@1) AmI (x02210@1)want six crap-shooters for my pallbearers
Am (x02210@1) Fmaj7 (1x3210@1) C (x32010@1) E7 (020130@1)A chorus girl to sing me a song
Am (x02210@1) E7 (020130@1) Am (x02210@1) Am/G (302210@1)Put a jazz band on my hearse wagon
Fmaj7 (1x3210@1) E7 (020130@1) Am (x02210@1)
To raise hell as we roll along
Am (x02210@1) E7 (020130@1) AmLet (x02210@1)her go. Let her go, God bless her
Am (x02210@1) Fmaj7 (1x3210@1) C (x32010@1) E7 (020130@1) Wherever she may be
Am (x02210@1) E7 (020130@1) Am (x02210@1) Am/G (302210@1)She may search this wide world over
Fmaj7 (1x3210@1) E7 (020130@1) Am (x02210@1)
And never find sweet man like me
Am (x02210@1) E7 (020130@1) Am (x02210@1) Now that you've heard my story
Am (x02210@1) Fmaj7 (1x3210@1) C (x32010@1) E7 (020130@1) I'll take another shot of booze
Am (x02210@1) E7 (020130@1) Am (x02210@1) Am/G (302210@1) And if anyone here should ask you
Fmaj7 (1x3210@1) E7 (020130@1) Am (x02210@1)
I've got the gambler's blues
Am (x02210@1) E7 (020130@1) AmLet (x02210@1)her go. Let her go, God bless her
Am (x02210@1) Fmaj7 (1x3210@1) C (x32010@1) E7 (020130@1) Wherever she may be
Am (x02210@1) E7 (020130@1) Am (x02210@1) Am/G (302210@1)She may search this wide world over
Fmaj7 (1x3210@1) E7 (020130@1) Am (x02210@1)
And never find sweet man like me
