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