St. James Infirmary Doc Watson
[Intro refrain]
[Em7] When will I ever be happy
[Am]When will I ever smile[Em]
[Am] My baby went and left me
And [C]she'll be gone a long long w[B7]hile
[C] [B7] [Em] [Emadd9] [Em6]
[Verse 1]
[Em6]Went d[Em]own to that St. [B7]James In[Em]firmary[Emadd9] [Em]
[Em]Heard s[Emadd9]weet baby [Am]groan[Amadd6]
[Em]Nobody down [B7]there could [Em]cheer me[Em9] [Em6]
'Cause I [C]knowed that [B7]she'd soon be [Em]gone[Emadd9]
[Verse 2]
[Em]And as I was [B7]standing there a'[Em]grievin[Emadd9] [Em]
[Em]My heart feelin' just like [Am6]lead
[Em]I knowed that she'd [B7]soon be [Em]leavin[Emadd9]
I's a'[C]Wishing that it was [B7]me ins[Em9]tead
[Instrumental break]
[Em] [B7] [Em] [Emadd9] [Em]
[Em] [Emadd9] [Am] [Am7] [Amadd6]
[Em] [B7] [Em] [Em9]
[C] [B7] [Em] [Emadd9]
[Verse 3]
[Em]Then I went out to [B7]Old Joe's [Em]bar room[Emadd9] [Em]
[Em]Most of my friends were there[Am7] [Am6]
[Em]But nobody [B7]understood my [Em]trouble[Emadd9]
I tell you, [C]nobody [B7]seemed to [Em]care.[Emadd9]
[Verse 4]
[Em]When I got back to that [B7]St. James In[Em]firmary
[Em]All was still as [Am]night[Am6]
[Em]Sweet baby on a [B7]long low [Em]table[Emadd9]
She was [C]pale,[B7] and so cold and [Em]white[Emadd9]
[Verse 5]
[Em]And when I put my hand[B7] on her [Em]pretty face[Emadd9]
[Em]It was cold like marble [Am]stone[Am7] [Am6]
And I [Em]knowed that no [B7]woman could ever [Em]take her place[Emadd9]
Lord it[C] made me feel [B7]so al[Em]one[Emadd9]
[Instrumental break]
[Em] [B7] [Em] [Emadd9] [Em]
[Em] [Emadd9] [Am] [Am7] [Amadd6]
[Em] [B7] [Em] [Em9]
[C] [B7] [Em] [Emadd9]
[Verse 6]
[Em]She's gone, she's [B7]gone God [Em]bless her[Emadd9]
[Em]Where-ever she might [Am]be[Am6]
If she'd [Em]searched [B7]this whole world [Em]over[Em6]
She [C]wouldn't have found a [B7]friend like [Em]me[Emadd9]
[Verse 7]
[Em]Give me my bumps bag [B7]cold and my [Em]button shoes[Em9]
[Em]when you've laid me down to [Am]sleep[Am7] [Am6]
Put [Em]these old guitar [B7]picks right [Em]up in my lapel[Emadd9]
And f[C]ellas set this [B7]old guitar right [Em]down by my feet[Emadd9]
[Verse 8
[Em]Went down to that St. [B7]James In[Em]firmary[Emadd9]
[Emadd9]Heard my sweet baby [Am]groan[Amadd6]
[Em]Nobody down [B7]there could [Em]cheer me[Em9]
'Cause I [C]knowed that [B7]she'd soon be [Em]gone[Emadd9]
[Outro Instrumental]
[Em] [B7] [Em] [Emadd9] [Em]
[Em] [Emadd9] [Am] [Am7] [Amadd6]
[Em] [B7] [Em] [Em9]
[C] [B7] [Em] [Emadd9]
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