Gamblers Blues St James Infirmary Chords

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It was down at old Joe's bar room
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At the corner      by     the square
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They were serving drinks as usual
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And the usual crowd was there
 
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On my left stood big Joe MacKennedy
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His eyes were blood-   shot     red
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And as he turned to the crowd around him
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These were the very   words he said.
 
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I went down to St. James Infirmary
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I saw my ba-     by    there
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Stretched out on a long, white table
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So young, so   cold, so fair
 
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Seventeen coal-black horses
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Hitched to a rubber-tied hack
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Seven girls goin' to the graveyard
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Only six of them are coming back
 
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Let her go. Let her go, God bless her
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Wherever she     may     be
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She may search this wide world over
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And never find another man like me
 
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When I die just bury me
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In my high-top Stetson hat
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Place a twenty-dollar gold piece on my watch chain
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My gang will know I      died standing pat
 
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I want six crap-shooters for my pallbearers
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A chorus girl to sing me a   song
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Put a jazz band on my hearse wagon
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To raise hell as we roll along
 
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Let her go. Let her go, God bless her
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Wherever she     may     be
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She may search this wide world over
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And never find sweet man like me
 
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Now that you've heard my story
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I'll take another shot    of   booze
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And if anyone here should ask you
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I've got the    gambler's blues
 
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Let her go. Let her go, God bless her
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Wherever she     may     be
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She may search this wide world over
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And never find sweet man like me
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