Key: B major•
Intro 1
Em
C#dim
C#m
F#
F#m
B
Em
Verse 1
Em
B
He used crooked cards and dice
Em
B
Em
His heart was hot and cold as ice
and shot my friend Jesse down
B
Em
The boy began to die today
gathered all round his bedside
B
Em
And here's the words that he had to say
A
G
B
I guess I oughta know
F#
B
Em
How I wanna go I ain't gonna go, Jesse
B
Em
I want eight crapshooters for my pole man
to the graveyard
B
Em
And only eight men comin' back
B
F#
I want a gang of gamblers
gathered round my coffin side
B
Em
With a crooked card printed on my hearse
B
F#
Now don't try and tell me that anybody's
ever gonna grieve after me
Em
B
Em
Sent poker players out to the graveyard
B
Em
To dig my grave where the ace of spades
I want twelve policemen in
B
Em
my fu neral march
B
Em
B
With the high sheriff playing
blackjack leading the parade
Em
F#
I want the judge and solicitor
who jailed me fourteen times
B
Em
To put a pair of dice in my shoes
Em
B
I got the dying crapshooters
Em
B
G
B
Em
blues.
Now I want sixteen real
good crapshooters,
B
Em
B
With a couple of borrowed tents
B
F#
He wanted 22 women
out of the Hammond Hotel
B
Em
And 26 women off of Old South Bend
out of North Atlanta
But Lil' Jesse didn't
B
Em
pass out so swell
B
Em
B
Oh, his head was achin',
B
Em
Lil' Jesse went down bouncin'
and a -pumpin'
around just to cry
B
He wanted everyone to do the Charleston Waltz
Em
B
this dime
Em
B
Em
F#
B
Em
G
D
B
Em
One foot up, a toenail draggin'
Through my body,
Jesse in the hood still waggin'
G
D
Em
Run here mama with that can of booze
E
A
D
I got the Dying Crab Shooters Blues
G
Em
E
A
I'm dancin' out with a dying crap
Outro 1
G
Em
E
A
D
G
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsEm C#dim C#m F# F#m...
Em
C#dim
C#m
F#
F#m
B
A
G
D
E
Capo: 4
Transpose: 0
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