Chords for Josh White - St. James Infirmary
Tempo:
131 bpm
Chords used:
A
Dm
D
Bb
Ab
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[Dm] [Bb]
[Dm] [Gm]
[A] [Ab]
[A]
[D] It was down [A] by old [Dm] Joe's Barroom, on a corner of [A] the square.
[Bb] They were [A] serving drinks [Dm] usual, and the [Bb] usual [A] [Dm] crowd was [A] there.
Now on [D] my left [A] stood big [Dm] Joe McKennedy, and his eyes were [A] bloodshot red.
[Bb] Turned his [A] face [Dm] to the people, these [Bb] were the very [A]
[D] words he [A] said.
[Bb] As I was [A] down to St.
James [Dm] Infirmary, I saw my [A] baby there,
stretched [D] out on a [A] long, a [Dm] long white table, [D] so sweet, [A] so cool, so fair.
When [Dm] I [A] died, [Dm] please bury me in my high-top [A] Stetson hat.
Put [D] a gold [Db] piece on [Dm] my watch chain, you'll know [Bb] I [A] died [D] standing.
[A]
[D] Let her [A] go, let her [Dm] go, wherever she [A] may be, [D] she can search [A] this whole [Dm] wide world over,
she'll [D] never find a [A] sweeter man as me.
[Ab] [Bb]
[A] [Bb] [Am]
[Dbm] [D] [C] [Ab] [Bb]
[Ab] [Db] [Dm]
[A] I [Dm] may be [A] killed [Dm] on the ocean, may be killed by [A] cannonball,
[D] oh but let [A] me tell [Dm] you, Ripper, [D] that a woman [A]
calls it all.
[Bb] Let her go, [Em]
let her [Dm] go, God bless her, wherever she [A] may be,
she [Bb] can search this [A] whole [Dm] wide world over, [Bb] she'll never find [A] another man like me.
Warm [Bb] crap shoes to be [A] my [Dm] pallbearer, three pretty women to [A] sing a song,
[D] stick a jazz [A] band on my [Dm] hearse wagon, [D] raise hell [A] high as I stroll along.
[D] Let her [E] go, let [Dm] her go, God bless her, wherever she [A] may be,
[D] she can search [A] this whole [Dm] wide world over, [Bb] she'll never [A] find another man like me.
[D] Now folk [A] that you have heard [Dm] my story, now that you've [A] heard my song,
[Dm] if anyone [A] should happen [Dm] to ask you, tell them [A] white's been here and gone.
[D] Let her [Em] go, let her [Dm] go, God bless her, wherever she [A] may be,
[D] she can search this [A] whole [Dm] wide world over, [F]
she'll never [Bb] find another [A] man [Eb] [A] [Eb] like [A] me.
[Eb] [Dm]
[Dm] [Gm]
[A] [Ab]
[A]
[D] It was down [A] by old [Dm] Joe's Barroom, on a corner of [A] the square.
[Bb] They were [A] serving drinks [Dm] usual, and the [Bb] usual [A] [Dm] crowd was [A] there.
Now on [D] my left [A] stood big [Dm] Joe McKennedy, and his eyes were [A] bloodshot red.
[Bb] Turned his [A] face [Dm] to the people, these [Bb] were the very [A]
[D] words he [A] said.
[Bb] As I was [A] down to St.
James [Dm] Infirmary, I saw my [A] baby there,
stretched [D] out on a [A] long, a [Dm] long white table, [D] so sweet, [A] so cool, so fair.
When [Dm] I [A] died, [Dm] please bury me in my high-top [A] Stetson hat.
Put [D] a gold [Db] piece on [Dm] my watch chain, you'll know [Bb] I [A] died [D] standing.
[A]
[D] Let her [A] go, let her [Dm] go, wherever she [A] may be, [D] she can search [A] this whole [Dm] wide world over,
she'll [D] never find a [A] sweeter man as me.
[Ab] [Bb]
[A] [Bb] [Am]
[Dbm] [D] [C] [Ab] [Bb]
[Ab] [Db] [Dm]
[A] I [Dm] may be [A] killed [Dm] on the ocean, may be killed by [A] cannonball,
[D] oh but let [A] me tell [Dm] you, Ripper, [D] that a woman [A]
calls it all.
[Bb] Let her go, [Em]
let her [Dm] go, God bless her, wherever she [A] may be,
she [Bb] can search this [A] whole [Dm] wide world over, [Bb] she'll never find [A] another man like me.
Warm [Bb] crap shoes to be [A] my [Dm] pallbearer, three pretty women to [A] sing a song,
[D] stick a jazz [A] band on my [Dm] hearse wagon, [D] raise hell [A] high as I stroll along.
[D] Let her [E] go, let [Dm] her go, God bless her, wherever she [A] may be,
[D] she can search [A] this whole [Dm] wide world over, [Bb] she'll never [A] find another man like me.
[D] Now folk [A] that you have heard [Dm] my story, now that you've [A] heard my song,
[Dm] if anyone [A] should happen [Dm] to ask you, tell them [A] white's been here and gone.
[D] Let her [Em] go, let her [Dm] go, God bless her, wherever she [A] may be,
[D] she can search this [A] whole [Dm] wide world over, [F]
she'll never [Bb] find another [A] man [Eb] [A] [Eb] like [A] me.
[Eb] [Dm]
Key:
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Dm
D
Bb
Ab
A
Dm
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[Dm] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Gm] _
[A] _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [D] It was down [A] by old [Dm] Joe's Barroom, on a corner of [A] the square. _
[Bb] They were [A] serving drinks [Dm] usual, _ and the [Bb] usual [A] _ [Dm] crowd was [A] there.
Now on [D] my left [A] stood big [Dm] Joe McKennedy, and his eyes were [A] bloodshot red.
[Bb] Turned his _ [A] face [Dm] to the people, these [Bb] were the very [A] _
[D] words he [A] said.
_ [Bb] As I was [A] down to St.
James [Dm] Infirmary, _ _ I saw my [A] baby _ there,
stretched [D] out on a [A] long, a [Dm] long white table, [D] so sweet, [A] so cool, so fair.
When [Dm] I _ [A] died, [Dm] please bury me in my high-top _ [A] Stetson hat.
Put [D] a gold [Db] piece on [Dm] my watch chain, you'll know [Bb] I [A] died [D] standing.
[A] _ _
[D] Let her [A] go, let her [Dm] go, wherever _ _ _ _ she [A] may be, [D] she can search [A] this whole [Dm] wide world over,
she'll [D] never find a [A] sweeter man as me.
_ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ [Am] _
_ [Dbm] _ _ [D] _ _ [C] _ [Ab] _ [Bb] _
_ _ [Ab] _ _ _ [Db] _ _ [Dm] _
_ [A] _ I [Dm] may be [A] killed [Dm] on the ocean, _ may be killed by [A] _ cannonball,
[D] oh but let [A] me tell [Dm] you, Ripper, _ [D] that a woman [A] _
calls it all.
[Bb] Let her go, [Em]
let her [Dm] go, God bless her, wherever she [A] may be,
she [Bb] can search this [A] whole [Dm] wide world over, [Bb] she'll never find [A] another man like me.
Warm [Bb] crap shoes to be [A] my [Dm] _ pallbearer, three pretty women to [A] sing a song,
[D] stick a jazz [A] band on my [Dm] hearse wagon, [D] raise hell [A] high as I stroll along.
[D] Let her [E] go, let [Dm] her go, God bless her, _ wherever she [A] may be,
[D] she can search [A] this whole [Dm] wide world over, [Bb] she'll never [A] find another man like me.
[D] Now folk [A] that you have heard [Dm] my story, _ now that you've [A] heard my song,
[Dm] if anyone [A] should happen [Dm] to ask you, tell them [A] white's been here and gone.
[D] Let her [Em] go, let her [Dm] go, God bless her, _ wherever she [A] may be,
[D] she can search this [A] whole [Dm] wide world over, _ _ [F] _
_ she'll never [Bb] _ _ find _ _ _ _ another [A] _ man _ _ [Eb] _ _ [A] _ _ [Eb] like [A] me.
_ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Gm] _
[A] _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [D] It was down [A] by old [Dm] Joe's Barroom, on a corner of [A] the square. _
[Bb] They were [A] serving drinks [Dm] usual, _ and the [Bb] usual [A] _ [Dm] crowd was [A] there.
Now on [D] my left [A] stood big [Dm] Joe McKennedy, and his eyes were [A] bloodshot red.
[Bb] Turned his _ [A] face [Dm] to the people, these [Bb] were the very [A] _
[D] words he [A] said.
_ [Bb] As I was [A] down to St.
James [Dm] Infirmary, _ _ I saw my [A] baby _ there,
stretched [D] out on a [A] long, a [Dm] long white table, [D] so sweet, [A] so cool, so fair.
When [Dm] I _ [A] died, [Dm] please bury me in my high-top _ [A] Stetson hat.
Put [D] a gold [Db] piece on [Dm] my watch chain, you'll know [Bb] I [A] died [D] standing.
[A] _ _
[D] Let her [A] go, let her [Dm] go, wherever _ _ _ _ she [A] may be, [D] she can search [A] this whole [Dm] wide world over,
she'll [D] never find a [A] sweeter man as me.
_ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ [Am] _
_ [Dbm] _ _ [D] _ _ [C] _ [Ab] _ [Bb] _
_ _ [Ab] _ _ _ [Db] _ _ [Dm] _
_ [A] _ I [Dm] may be [A] killed [Dm] on the ocean, _ may be killed by [A] _ cannonball,
[D] oh but let [A] me tell [Dm] you, Ripper, _ [D] that a woman [A] _
calls it all.
[Bb] Let her go, [Em]
let her [Dm] go, God bless her, wherever she [A] may be,
she [Bb] can search this [A] whole [Dm] wide world over, [Bb] she'll never find [A] another man like me.
Warm [Bb] crap shoes to be [A] my [Dm] _ pallbearer, three pretty women to [A] sing a song,
[D] stick a jazz [A] band on my [Dm] hearse wagon, [D] raise hell [A] high as I stroll along.
[D] Let her [E] go, let [Dm] her go, God bless her, _ wherever she [A] may be,
[D] she can search [A] this whole [Dm] wide world over, [Bb] she'll never [A] find another man like me.
[D] Now folk [A] that you have heard [Dm] my story, _ now that you've [A] heard my song,
[Dm] if anyone [A] should happen [Dm] to ask you, tell them [A] white's been here and gone.
[D] Let her [Em] go, let her [Dm] go, God bless her, _ wherever she [A] may be,
[D] she can search this [A] whole [Dm] wide world over, _ _ [F] _
_ she'll never [Bb] _ _ find _ _ _ _ another [A] _ man _ _ [Eb] _ _ [A] _ _ [Eb] like [A] me.
_ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _