Capo 2 Intro: Instrumental Verse Am E7 Am It was down at old Joe's bar room Am F7M C E7 At the corner by the square Am E7 Am Am/G They were serving drinks as usual F7M E7 Am And the usual crowd was there Am E7 Am On my left stood big Joe MacKennedy Am F7M C E7 His eyes were bloodshot red Am E7 Am Am/G And as he looked at the gang around him F7M E7 Am These were the very words he said. Am E7 Am I went down to St. James Infirmary Am F7M C E7 I saw my baby there Am E7 Am Am/G Stretched out on a long, white table F7M E7 Am So young, so cold, so fair Am E7 Am Seventeen coal-black horses Am F7M C E7 Hitched to a rubber-tied hack Am E7 Am Am/G Seven girls goin' to the graveyard F7M E7 Am Only six of them are coming back Am E7 Am Let her go. Let her go, God bless her Am F7M C E7 Wherever she may be Am E7 Am Am/G She may search this wide world over F7M E7 Am And never find another man like me Instrumental Verse x2 Am E7 Am When I die just bury me Am F7M C E7 In my high-top Stetson hat Am E7 Am Am/G Place a twenty-dollar gold piece on my watch chain F7M E7 Am To let the Lord know I died standing pat Am E7 Am I want six crap-shooters for my pallbearers Am F7M C E7 A Chorus girl to sing me a song Am E7 Am Am/G Place a jazz band on my hearse wagon F7M E7 Am To raise hell as we roll along Am E7 Am Now that you've heard my story Am F7M C E7 I'll take another shot of booze Am E7 Am Am/G And if anyone here should ask you F7M E7 Am I've got the gambler's blues Instrumental Verse, end on Am Invisible (Tab) St. James Infirmary Instrumental Verse Am E7 E | -------------------------- | --0--0--------0----------- | B | --------------------1--3-- | -----------1-----3-------- | G | -------------------------- | -----------------------0-- | D | -------------------------- | --------2-----------2----- | A | -------------------------- | --0----------------------- | E | -------------------------- | --------------0----------- | 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + Am Am F7M E | -----------------------0-- | --0--0--------5--3-----0-- | B | --1----------------------- | -------------------------- | G | -----2-------------------- | --------------------5----- | D | --------2-----------2----- | --------2-----3----------- | A | --0----------------------- | --0----------------------- | E | --------------0----------- | -------------------------- | 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + C E7 Am E7 E | -----------------0-----0-- | --5--0-----0--0----------- | B | -------------------------- | --------1-----------3----- | G | -------------------------- | -------------------------- | D | --------2-----------2----- | -------------------------- | A | --3-----------2----------- | --0-----------3-----2----- | E | -------------------------- | -------------------------- | 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + Am Am/G F7M E7 E | -------------------------- | -------------------------- | B | --1--------------1-------- | --1--1--------0----------- | G | -----2-----------------0-- | -----------2-----1-----2-- | D | --------2-----------2----- | --------3-----------2----- | A | --0----------------------- | -------------------------- | E | --------------3----------- | --1-----------0----------- | 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + Am E | -------------------------- | B | -------------------------- | G | -------------------------- | D | --------2----------2------ | A | --0----------------------- | E | --------------0----------- | 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +