Chords for the cooles version of st. james infirmary blues

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the cooles version of st. james infirmary blues chords
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Tom Jones and Jules Holland have made an exuberant album of R&B and rock and roll.
It's released next week.
Here's a sample.
Tom Jones and Jules Holland and a blues classic, St.
James Infirmary.
[Gm]
[Gbm] [G]
[A] [Gm]
[D] [G] [Ebm] [Bb] [Gm]
[D] [Eb] [Ebm] [Bb]
[Em] [Gm]
[Cm] [Eb] [D]
[Gm] [Cm] [Gb] I [Gm] went down to [D] St.
James [Gm] Infirmary to see [Cm] my [D] baby there.
[Gm] She was lying on [C] a long white table.
[Eb] So cool, [D] so rich, so fair.
I [Gm] went up [D] to see the [Bb] doctor.
She's very low, [D] he said.
[Bb] I [G] went back to see my [Eb] baby.
[Gm] Great [D] God, she's [Gm] lying there dead.
[D] I [G] went down to Old [Bb] Joe's Barrow [D] on [Gm] the corner [Cm] [D] of the square.
[Gm] And they were serving drinks as per [Eb] usual.
And the usual crowd were [D] there.
[Gm] On my left
[D] stood Old Joe [Gm] McKinley.
[D] [Gm] His eyes [Cm] were [Db] [D] bloodshot red.
[Gm] He turned [Bb] to the crowd [Gm] who were standing around him.
And this is what he said.
[Bb]
[Db] [Bbm] [F] [Bbm]
[F] [Bbm] [B] [A]
[Fm] [Bbm] [Bb]
[B] [Fm] [Bbm]
[Abm] [Gbm]
[Bbm]
[Gb] [Bbm]
[Abm] [Bbm] Get six gamblers [F] to carry [Bbm] my coffin.
Six chorus girls to sing [A] my song.
[Fm] [Bbm] Get a jet [Db] pad on [E] my tailgate.
[B] So they can [Ab] raise hell as we go [Bbm] along.
[B] [Bbm] Now that's the end of my [Ebm] story.
[G] Let's have another round [Ebm] of booze.
[G] If anyone should ask [Gb] you, [C] tell them [Db] I've got [C] St.
[G] James [Bbm] Infirmary blues.
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[Bbm] [Db] [G]
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[Bbm] [Abm] [Eb]
[Gb] [Eb] [Cm]
[Bbm] [Eb]
[Ab]
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[Db] [F]
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[N]
Jules Holland and the Rhythm and Blues Orchestra.
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Tom Jones and Jules Holland have made an exuberant album of R&B and rock and roll.
It's released next week.
Here's a sample.
Tom Jones and Jules Holland and a blues classic, St.
James Infirmary. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Gm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Gbm] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _
_ [D] _ [G] _ [Ebm] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [Gm] _
_ [D] _ [Eb] _ _ [Ebm] _ _ [Bb] _ _
[Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _
_ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ [D] _
_ [Gm] _ [Cm] _ [Gb] I [Gm] went down to [D] St.
James [Gm] Infirmary to see [Cm] my [D] baby there.
_ [Gm] She was lying on [C] a long white table.
_ [Eb] So cool, [D] so rich, so fair.
I [Gm] went up [D] to see the [Bb] doctor.
_ _ _ She's very low, [D] he said.
[Bb] I [G] went back to see my [Eb] baby.
_ [Gm] Great [D] God, she's [Gm] lying there dead.
[D] _ I [G] went down to Old [Bb] Joe's Barrow [D] on [Gm] the corner [Cm] [D] of the square.
_ [Gm] And they were serving drinks as per [Eb] usual.
And the usual _ crowd were [D] there.
_ [Gm] On my left
[D] stood Old Joe [Gm] McKinley.
[D] _ [Gm] His eyes [Cm] were [Db] [D] bloodshot red.
_ [Gm] He turned [Bb] to the crowd [Gm] who were standing around him.
And this is what he said.
[Bb] _
[Db] _ _ [Bbm] _ _ [F] _ _ [Bbm] _ _
[F] _ _ [Bbm] _ _ [B] _ _ [A] _ _
[Fm] _ [Bbm] _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ [B] _ [Fm] _ _ _ [Bbm] _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ [Abm] _ [Gbm] _ _
[Bbm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Gb] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bbm] _ _
[Abm] _ [Bbm] Get six gamblers [F] to carry [Bbm] my coffin.
_ Six chorus girls to sing [A] my song.
[Fm] _ [Bbm] Get a jet [Db] pad on [E] my tailgate.
[B] So they can [Ab] raise hell as we go [Bbm] along.
[B] _ _ [Bbm] Now that's the end of my [Ebm] story.
_ [G] Let's have another round [Ebm] of booze.
[G] If anyone _ should ask [Gb] you, [C] tell them [Db] I've got [C] St.
[G] James [Bbm] Infirmary blues. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [F] _ [Bbm] _ _ _ [Ebm] _ [F] _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ Jules Holland _ _ and _ the Rhythm and Blues Orchestra. _ _ _ _ _ _
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