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THE BALLARD OF SPIDER JOHN - Willis Alan Ramsey
Am C
Spider John is my name friends
D Am
I'm in between freights and sure would be obliged
C G Cadd9 G
If I could share your compa-ny
Am C D G
I'm on my way to nowhere... Been runnin' from my past
Am C G Cadd9 G
Runnin' from the things I used to beeee-ee-ee
Am C
Now, I know my words sound strange to you
D Am
But if you wait till my song is sung and the story's told
C G Cadd9 G
You might come to under-stand
Am C D G
Why I'm old and bent and Devil spent, and runnin' out of time
Am C D
When not long ago I held a Royal Flush in my hand
CHORUS
Em Em7
I was a supermarket fool
A7 Em Em7 A7
I was a motor bank stool pidgeon, robbin' my home-town
Em Em7 A7
I thought I'd lost my blues. Yes, I thought I'd paid my dues
F C Em Em7
I thought I'd found a life to suit my style
G F C Am
And old Spider John, the robber man... long, tall, and handsome
G F C Am
Yes, old Spider John with a loaded hand, takin' ransom
Am C
Then one day I met Diamond Lil
D
She was the sweetest thing, I declare,
Am C G Cadd9 G
That the summer wind had ever blown my way
Am C D G
Lil, she had no idea of my il-lustrious occu-pation
Am C G Cadd9 G
She thought I was a saint, not a sinner gone a-straaay-aaay
Am C D
Spider, he loved his Lilly so much, he could not confess his sins
Am C G Cadd9 G
For he knew if he did, she would surely take her leave
Am C
But you know that the word got around and Lilly left town
D G
And he never saw her a-gain
Am C D
Tossin' and turnin', causin' his heart to grieve
[REPEAT CHORUS]
Am C
That is all my story
D Am
It's been these thirty years since I took to the road
C G Cadd9 G
To find my precious jewel one
Am C D G
If you see my Lilly, won't you give her my re-gards?
Am C G
Tell her ol' Spider got tangled in the black web that he spun
Am C G Cadd9 G
You can tell her ol' Spider got tangled in the black web that he spun
