St. James Infirmary chords by Wolfgang Kalb

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Verse 1
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Well,
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it was down in old Joe's bar room
On the corner down by the square
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The drinks were served as usual
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and the usual crowd was there
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On my left stood Big Joe McKinney
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and his eyes were bloodshot red
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He turned to the crowd all around him
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and these were the words he said
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I went down to St. James Infirmary
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Lord, I saw my baby there
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Stretched out on a long white day blue
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Oh, so cold, so pale,
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so fair
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Oh, let her go, let her go,
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God bless her
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Wherever she may be
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May search this wide world over
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Or never find a man as sweet as me
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When I die, when I die, oh please bury me
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In my heart of Stetson Head
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Put a twenty dollar cop
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ies on my watch chain
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So the gang know I  died standing back
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Let her go, let her go, God bless her
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Wherever she may be
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May she search this wide world over
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Or never find a man as sweet as me
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I want six gamblers to be
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my four barrels.
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Oh Lord, six pretty girls to sing me a song.
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Put a blues band on my ears wagon
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To race hell as we stroll along.
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Well now, you've heard my little story
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I'll get another shot of booze
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And if anybody happens to ask you
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Where does the scent change
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in family blue?
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Oh Lord, does the scent
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change in family blue?
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Oh, Lord, that the St. James
Infirmary blues