Intro
| [Fm] | [Fm] | [Fm] | [Fm] | [Fm] | [Fm] | [C7] | [C7] | [Fm] [Bbm] | [Fm] [C7] |
| [Fm] [C7] | [Fm] | [Fm] [Bbm] | [Fm] | [Fm] [C7] | [Fm] | [Bbm] [C7] | [Fm] |
| [Fm] | [Fm] [Bbm] | [Fm] [C7] | [Fm] | [Fm] [C7]| [Fm] | [Fm] [Ddim] | [Fm] [Bbm] | [Fm] [C7] |
Verse 1
[Fm] [C7] [Fm]
Folks, I'm goin' down to St. James Infirmary
[Bbm] [C7b9] [Fm]
See my baby there
[Fm] [C7] [Fm]
She's stretched out on a long, white table
[Ddim] [C7] [Fm] [C7]
She's so sweet, so cold, so fair
Verse 2
[Fm] [C7] [Fm] [C7]
Let her go, let her go, God bless her
[Fm] [Bbm] [Fm] [Fmmaj7]
Wherever she may be
[Fm] [C7] [Fm]
She will search this wide world over
[Bbm] [Ddim] [Fm] [Fmmaj7]
But she'll never find another sweet man like me
Verse 3
[Fm] [C7] [Fm] [C7]
Now when I die, bury me in my straight-leg britches
[Fm] [Bbm] [Fm] [Fmmaj7]
Put on a box-back coat and a Stetson hat
[Fm] [C7] [Fm] [Bbm/F]
Put a twenty-dollar gold piece on my watch chain
[Bbm] [C7] [Fm] [C7]
So you can let all the boys know I died standing pat
Verse 4
[Fm] [C7] [Fm]
Folks, now that you have heard my story
[Fm] [Bbm] [Fm] [C7] [Fm]
Say boy, hand me over another shot of that booze
[C7] [Fm]
If anyone should ask you
[Fm] [Ddim] [C7] [Fm]
Tell 'em I've got those St. James Infirmary blues
Outro
| [Fm] [Bbm] | [Fm] | [Fm] | [C7] | [Fm] [C7b9] | [Fm] | [Fm] [Bbm] | [Fm] | [Fm] [C7] | [Fm] [Bbm] | [Fm] [C7] | [Fm] |
| [Fm] | [Fm] | [Fm] [Bbm] | [Fm] | [Fm] [C7b9] | [Fm] [Bbm] | [Fm] [Bbm7] | [Fm] [C7b13] |
| [Fm] | [Fm] | [Fm] | [Fm] | [Fm] | [Fm] | [C7] | [C7] | [Fm] [F7#5] | [Fm] |
