A5 E5 A5 It was down at old Joe's bar room A5 F5 C5 E5 At the corner by the square A5 E5 A5 A5 They were serving drinks as usual F5 E5 A5 And the usual crowd was there A5 E5 A5 On my left stood big Joe MacKennedy A5 F5 C5 E5 His eyes were bloodshot red A5 E5 A5 A5 And as he turned to the crowd around him F5 E5 A5 These were the very words he said. A5 E5 A5 I went down to St. James Infirmary A5 F5 C5 E5 I saw my baby there A5 E5 A5 A5 Stretched out on a long, white table F5 E5 A5 So young, so cold, so fair A5 E5 A5 Seventeen coal-black horses A5 F5 C5 E5 Hitched to a rubber-tied hack A5 E5 A5 A5 Seven girls goin' to the graveyard F5 E5 A5 Only six of them are coming back A5 E5 A5 Let her go. Let her go, God bless her A5 F5 C5 E5 Wherever she may be A5 E5 A5 A5 She may search this wide world over F5 E5 A5 And never find another man like me A5 E5 A5 When I die just bury me A5 F5 C5 E5 In my high-top Stetson hat A5 E5 A5 A5 Place a twenty-dollar gold piece on my watch chain F5 E5 A5 My gang will know I died standing pat A5 E5 A5 I want six crap-shooters for my pallbearers A5 F5 C5 E5 A chorus girl to sing me a song A5 E5 A5 A5 Put a jazz band on my hearse wagon F5 E5 A5 To raise hell as we roll along A5 E5 A5 Let her go. Let her go, God bless her A5 F5 C5 E5 Wherever she may be A5 E5 A5 A5 She may search this wide world over F5 E5 A5 And never find sweet man like me A5 E5 A5 Now that you've heard my story A5 F5 C5 E5 I'll take another shot of booze A5 E5 A5 A5 And if anyone here should ask you F5 E5 A5 I've got the gambler's blues A5 E5 A5 Let her go. Let her go, God bless her A5 F5 C5 E5 Wherever she may be A5 E5 A5 A5 She may search this wide world over F5 E5 A5 And never find sweet man like me
