Am C Spider John is my name friends D Am I'm in between freights and sure would be obliged C G C9 G If I could share your compa-ny Am C D G I'm on my way to nowhere... Been runnin' from my past Am C G C9 G Runnin' from the things I used to beeee-ee-ee Am C Now, I know my words sound strange to you D Am But if you wait till my song is sung and the story's told C G C9 G You might come to under-stand Am C D G Why I'm old and bent and Devil spent, and runnin' out of time Am C D When not long ago I held a Royal Flush in my hand CHORUS Em Em7 I was a supermarket fool A7 Em Em7 A7 I was a motor bank stool pidgeon, robbin' my home-town Em Em7 A7 I thought I'd lost my blues. Yes, I thought I'd paid my dues F C Em Em7 I thought I'd found a life to suit my style G F C Am And old Spider John, the robber man... long, tall, and handsome G F C Am Yes, old Spider John with a loaded hand, takin' ransom Am C Then one day I met Diamond Lil D She was the sweetest thing, I declare, Am C G C9 G That the summer wind had ever blown my way Am C D G Lil, she had no idea of my il-lustrious occu-pation Am C G C9 G She thought I was a saint, not a sinner gone a-straaay-aaay Am C D Spider, he loved his Lilly so much, he could not confess his sins Am C G C9 G For he knew if he did, she would surely take her leave Am C But you know that the word got around and Lilly left town D G And he never saw her a-gain Am C D Tossin' and turnin', causin' his heart to grieve [REPEAT CHORUS] Am C That is all my story D Am It's been these thirty years since I took to the road C G C9 G To find my precious jewel one Am C D G If you see my Lilly, won't you give her my re-gards? Am C G Tell her ol' Spider got tangled in the black web that he spun Am C G C9 G You can tell her ol' Spider got tangled in the black web that he spun
