Harmonica_header

Key: F

Genre: Blues

Harp Type: Diatonic

Skill: Beginner

St. James Infirmary (complete)

INTRO
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I went down to Saint James Infirm`ry
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to see my baby there
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She was laying on a long white table
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so sweet so cool so fair
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Went up to see the doctor”She`s very low” he said
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Went back to see my baby great god she was
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lying there dead
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I went down to old Joe`s barroom on the corner
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by the square
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They were servin`the drinks as usual and the
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usual crowd was there
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On my left stood Joe McKennedy his eyes
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blood shot red
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He turned to the crowd around him these are
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the words he said
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Let her go let her go God bless her wherever
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she may be
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She may search this wide world over
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she`ll never find a man like me
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Oh when I die please bury me in my high top
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Stetson hat
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Put a gold piece on my watch chain
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so they`ll know I died standin` pat
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Get six gamblers to carry my coffin,six chorus
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girls to sing my song
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Put a jazz band on my tailgate to raise hell
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as we go along
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Now that`s the end of my story let`s have
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another round of booze
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And if any-one should ask you just tell them
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I`ve got the Saint James Infirmary Blues

b-3= bend on draw hole 3 Many Blues men
have done this song this is just another version

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