Chords for Lili & Gui (Sharp Knives) - Saint James Infirmary Blues
Tempo:
82.2 bpm
Chords used:
Am
E
F
Em
C
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[E] [Am] [E] [Am]
[F] [E]
[C] [Am] [E] [Am]
[F] [E] [Am]
[E] [Am] It was down [E] at old [Am] Joe's bar room, in the corner [F] [E] by the [C] square.
[Em] [Am] They were [E] serving [Am] drinks as usual, [F] and the usual [E] crowd [Am] was there.
[E] [Am] On my left [E] stood big [Am] Joe McKennedy.
His [F] eyes were [E] bloodshot red.
[A] And as he turned [E] to the crowd [Am] around him, [F] these were [E] the very [Am] words he said.
[E] I went [F] down [E] to St.
[Am] James Infirmary and saw [F] my [E] wife, baby, there.
[C] [Em] [Am] She was laying [E] on a [Am] cold white table, [F] so [E] young, so [Am] cold, so [E] fair.
[Am] [Em] When [Am]
[F] [Em]
[Am] [E] [Am]
[F] [Em] [Am]
[Em] [E] [Am] I [E] die, [Am] just bury me in my [F] high top [E] Stanson hat.
[Am] Put a [E] twenty dollar gold bill [Am] on my watch chain.
To [Fm] let my [E] gang know [Am] I died standing.
[E] I [A] want six [E] calling shelters [Am] for gold bearers.
I want a choir [F] [E] to sing me a [Am] song.
Put a [E] death [Am] bed on my horse wagon.
[F] To raise sweet [E] tale as we [Am] go along.
[E] [Am] Let her go, [E] let her go.
[Am] God bless her soul.
[F] Wherever [E] she may be, [Am] she may search [E] this [Am] world wide over.
[F] But she'll never [E] find a sweet [Am] girl like [E] me.
[Am] [Em] [Am]
[F] [Em]
[Am]
[F] [E] I [Am]
[E] [Am] went down [E] to St.
[Am] James Infirmary and saw [F] my [E] baby there.
[Am] She was laying [E] on a [Am] cold white table, [Fm] so young, [F]
[E] so cold,
[Am] so fair.
She
[E] opens up the box [Am] to check on [A] my sanity.
[Dm] Oh, how [Am] good he ever knows [E] just how twisted and divine [Em] was last night's monster [Am] show.
[E] [Am] [E] [Am] [B] [G] [F] [Am] [E]
[F] [E]
[C] [Am] [E] [Am]
[F] [E] [Am]
[E] [Am] It was down [E] at old [Am] Joe's bar room, in the corner [F] [E] by the [C] square.
[Em] [Am] They were [E] serving [Am] drinks as usual, [F] and the usual [E] crowd [Am] was there.
[E] [Am] On my left [E] stood big [Am] Joe McKennedy.
His [F] eyes were [E] bloodshot red.
[A] And as he turned [E] to the crowd [Am] around him, [F] these were [E] the very [Am] words he said.
[E] I went [F] down [E] to St.
[Am] James Infirmary and saw [F] my [E] wife, baby, there.
[C] [Em] [Am] She was laying [E] on a [Am] cold white table, [F] so [E] young, so [Am] cold, so [E] fair.
[Am] [Em] When [Am]
[F] [Em]
[Am] [E] [Am]
[F] [Em] [Am]
[Em] [E] [Am] I [E] die, [Am] just bury me in my [F] high top [E] Stanson hat.
[Am] Put a [E] twenty dollar gold bill [Am] on my watch chain.
To [Fm] let my [E] gang know [Am] I died standing.
[E] I [A] want six [E] calling shelters [Am] for gold bearers.
I want a choir [F] [E] to sing me a [Am] song.
Put a [E] death [Am] bed on my horse wagon.
[F] To raise sweet [E] tale as we [Am] go along.
[E] [Am] Let her go, [E] let her go.
[Am] God bless her soul.
[F] Wherever [E] she may be, [Am] she may search [E] this [Am] world wide over.
[F] But she'll never [E] find a sweet [Am] girl like [E] me.
[Am] [Em] [Am]
[F] [Em]
[Am]
[F] [E] I [Am]
[E] [Am] went down [E] to St.
[Am] James Infirmary and saw [F] my [E] baby there.
[Am] She was laying [E] on a [Am] cold white table, [Fm] so young, [F]
[E] so cold,
[Am] so fair.
She
[E] opens up the box [Am] to check on [A] my sanity.
[Dm] Oh, how [Am] good he ever knows [E] just how twisted and divine [Em] was last night's monster [Am] show.
[E] [Am] [E] [Am] [B] [G] [F] [Am] [E]
Key:
Am
E
F
Em
C
Am
E
F
[E] _ _ [Am] _ _ [E] _ _ [Am] _ _
_ _ _ _ [F] _ _ [E] _ _
_ [C] _ [Am] _ _ [E] _ _ [Am] _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ [E] _ _ [Am] _ _
[E] _ [Am] It was down [E] at old [Am] Joe's bar room, _ in the corner [F] _ [E] by the [C] square.
[Em] _ [Am] They were [E] serving [Am] drinks as usual, _ [F] and the usual [E] crowd [Am] was there.
[E] _ [Am] On my left [E] stood big [Am] Joe McKennedy.
_ His [F] eyes were [E] bloodshot red.
[A] And as he turned [E] to the crowd [Am] around him, [F] these were [E] the very [Am] words he said.
[E] _ I went [F] down [E] to St.
[Am] James Infirmary _ and saw [F] my [E] wife, baby, there.
[C] _ [Em] [Am] She was laying [E] on a [Am] cold white table, _ _ [F] so [E] young, so [Am] cold, so [E] fair.
_ [Am] _ [Em] When _ [Am] _ _
_ _ _ _ [F] _ _ [Em] _ _
_ _ [Am] _ _ [E] _ _ [Am] _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ [Em] _ _ [Am] _ _
[Em] _ [E] _ [Am] I [E] die, _ [Am] just bury me _ in my [F] high top [E] Stanson hat.
_ _ [Am] Put a [E] twenty dollar gold bill [Am] on my watch chain.
To [Fm] let my [E] gang know [Am] I died standing.
[E] I [A] want six [E] calling shelters [Am] for gold bearers.
I want a choir [F] _ [E] to sing me a _ [Am] song.
Put a [E] death [Am] bed on my horse wagon.
[F] To raise sweet [E] tale as we [Am] go along.
[E] _ [Am] Let her go, [E] let her go.
[Am] God bless her soul.
_ _ [F] Wherever [E] she may be, _ [Am] she may search [E] this [Am] world wide over.
_ [F] But she'll never [E] find a sweet [Am] girl like [E] me.
_ [Am] _ _ [Em] _ _ [Am] _ _
_ _ _ _ [F] _ _ [Em] _ _
_ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [F] _ [E] I _ [Am] _ _
[E] _ [Am] went down [E] to St.
[Am] James Infirmary _ and saw [F] my [E] baby there.
[Am] She was laying [E] on a [Am] cold white table, _ [Fm] so young, _ [F] _
_ [E] so _ cold, _ _
[Am] _ so fair.
_ She _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[E] opens up the box [Am] to check on [A] my sanity.
[Dm] Oh, how [Am] good he ever knows [E] just how twisted and divine [Em] was last night's monster [Am] show.
_ [E] _ _ [Am] _ [E] _ _ [Am] _ [B] _ _ [G] _ [F] _ _ [Am] _ [E] _
_ _ _ _ [F] _ _ [E] _ _
_ [C] _ [Am] _ _ [E] _ _ [Am] _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ [E] _ _ [Am] _ _
[E] _ [Am] It was down [E] at old [Am] Joe's bar room, _ in the corner [F] _ [E] by the [C] square.
[Em] _ [Am] They were [E] serving [Am] drinks as usual, _ [F] and the usual [E] crowd [Am] was there.
[E] _ [Am] On my left [E] stood big [Am] Joe McKennedy.
_ His [F] eyes were [E] bloodshot red.
[A] And as he turned [E] to the crowd [Am] around him, [F] these were [E] the very [Am] words he said.
[E] _ I went [F] down [E] to St.
[Am] James Infirmary _ and saw [F] my [E] wife, baby, there.
[C] _ [Em] [Am] She was laying [E] on a [Am] cold white table, _ _ [F] so [E] young, so [Am] cold, so [E] fair.
_ [Am] _ [Em] When _ [Am] _ _
_ _ _ _ [F] _ _ [Em] _ _
_ _ [Am] _ _ [E] _ _ [Am] _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ [Em] _ _ [Am] _ _
[Em] _ [E] _ [Am] I [E] die, _ [Am] just bury me _ in my [F] high top [E] Stanson hat.
_ _ [Am] Put a [E] twenty dollar gold bill [Am] on my watch chain.
To [Fm] let my [E] gang know [Am] I died standing.
[E] I [A] want six [E] calling shelters [Am] for gold bearers.
I want a choir [F] _ [E] to sing me a _ [Am] song.
Put a [E] death [Am] bed on my horse wagon.
[F] To raise sweet [E] tale as we [Am] go along.
[E] _ [Am] Let her go, [E] let her go.
[Am] God bless her soul.
_ _ [F] Wherever [E] she may be, _ [Am] she may search [E] this [Am] world wide over.
_ [F] But she'll never [E] find a sweet [Am] girl like [E] me.
_ [Am] _ _ [Em] _ _ [Am] _ _
_ _ _ _ [F] _ _ [Em] _ _
_ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [F] _ [E] I _ [Am] _ _
[E] _ [Am] went down [E] to St.
[Am] James Infirmary _ and saw [F] my [E] baby there.
[Am] She was laying [E] on a [Am] cold white table, _ [Fm] so young, _ [F] _
_ [E] so _ cold, _ _
[Am] _ so fair.
_ She _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[E] opens up the box [Am] to check on [A] my sanity.
[Dm] Oh, how [Am] good he ever knows [E] just how twisted and divine [Em] was last night's monster [Am] show.
_ [E] _ _ [Am] _ [E] _ _ [Am] _ [B] _ _ [G] _ [F] _ _ [Am] _ [E] _