Chords for Abner Jay - St. James Infirmiry Blues

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_ [F] I went out in the old [Dm] Joe's bar room, on [G] that [A] corner by the square.
_ They [G] were serving them drinks [Dm] as usual, _ [F] and the usual crowd [Dm] was there. _ _ _ _ _
On [F] my left stood old Joe [Dm] _ McKinley, [A] his eyes were bloodshot red.
_ _ [Bm] He turned [G] to the crowd [C] _ [Dm] around him, _
_ [F] these are the words [D] he said.
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I went out to the St.
_ [Dm] James infirmary, _ [A] I went out there to see my baby.
_ [G] She was stretched out on a [Dm] long white table, [F] so sweet, so cool, and [Dm] so fair.
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_ _ _ [F] I went up to see [Dm] the doctor, _ she was feeling [A] kind of low, he _ said.
[G] I went up to [Dm] see my pretty baby, _ [F] great God she was lying there [Dm]
dead.
_ _ _ _ _ Let [F] her go, let her go, [Dm] God bless her, _ [A] wherever she may be.
[D] She can search this [G] whole [Dm] wide world over, she'll [F] never find another sweet man [Dm] like me. _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ [F] worst tragedy of my life was the worst time [Dm] _ when I got married. _
[F] _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] Went down to the licensing bureau for the license, _ [F] they asked, did her parents _ _ [Dm]
consent?
I [F] said, wouldn't the devil you think that out there with that shotgun, Daniel [D] Boone? _ _
Night [F] of the wedding, she came down the aisle carrying four roses, [Dm] she carried it well too.
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_ _ After [D] the wedding it was kind of messy, _ [F] because they thought throwing rice, _ [Dm] but the rice had [F] already been cooked.
_ _ [Dm] Then we left the [F] crowd and went up in a room to put our things together, [Dm] because we were going on [F] our honeymoon.
_ _ [Dm] _ She wanted [F] to go to Selma, Alabama on the honeymoon, _ [Dm] _
I wanted to go to Miami Beach.
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So we went to Selma, Alabama on our honeymoon. _
[Dm] _ _ _ [F] She went out and got a sign put up over her bed, _ _ [Dm] it read, _
[F] _ I need thee _ every hour.
[Dm] _ _ _ _ [F] I went out and got a sign put up over my bed, _ [D] _ _
it read, _ [F] _ Lord give me [Dm] strength.
_ _ _ [F] Third and fourth day passed, then came the pause that [Dm] refreshes.
_ [F] She says, I'm like a load of fireworks, _ [Dm] I'm no good [F] after the fourth.
_ _ [Dm] She fascinated me [F] because I liked to run my fingers through her money. _
[Dm] _ One day we was playing checkers _ [F] and I tried to jump her.
_ [Dm] Then I found out that [F] Leg Twister was not the only one who tried to eliminate shorts, [Dm] my wife did.
_ [F] I found out she had a wooden leg.
_ [Dm] I was going to have [F] her facelift, but I didn't have [Dm] no jacket.
_ _ [F] Then trouble started. _
[Dm] _ Nine years passed, [F] we had ten young [Dm]'uns.
_ [F] Double up one year, thought we'd take a year [Dm] off.
_ _ [F] Then she started smoking reefers.
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Then she got a craving for the harder stuff. _
[F] Then she started on cocaine. _ _
[Dm] Like most of it, _ got the best of her.
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[F] This is the end [Dm] of my story.
Let's have another [Em] round of _ [A]
booze.
[G] If anybody _ [C] [D] should ask you, tell them I got [F] St.
James _ [Bm] Infirmary. _
[Dm] _ _ I _ _ _ _ _ got [F] a St. _ _ _
James [G] _ _ _ _ Infirmary.
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