St. James Infirmary chords by
Peter Lafarge
Peter Lafarge

N/A
Key: D minor
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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It was down in old Joe's bar room
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At the corner by the square
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Drinks going round as usual
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And a goodly crowd was there
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On my left stood little Joe McKinney
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His eyes were bloodshot an d red there
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he gazed at the crowd all around him
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and these are the words that he said
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I went down to St. James Infirmary
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I saw my baby there
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Wrapped up in a white cloth
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on a big table
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She was white, she was cold,
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and she was fair
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I went right up and I asked the doctor,
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man, she's pretty low, he said.
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I went back up to see my baby
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And, boys, she lay there dead
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Let her go, let her go
God bless her
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Wherever she might be
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She could roam this whole world over
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Never find another man like me
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Bring out your rubber -tied carriages
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Bring out your decorated hacks
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They're taking my baby
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to the graveyard
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Won't bring one bit of her back
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Interlude 1
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Verse 2
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When I die,
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when I die won't you bury me
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In a box -tailed coat and a Stetson hat
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Put a twenty -dollar gold piece
on my watch chain
To let God know I'm
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standing pat
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Give me one more shot of whiskey
Won't you give me one
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more shot of booze
But it was to ask you,
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say I died with them gambler's blues.

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