St. James Infirmary Chords

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[Verse 1]
[Am]I went down to St.[E] James Infir[Am]mary,
heard my baby [Dm]groan
[Am]Nobody [E]there [Am]could hear me,
cause I [F]knew that he'd [E]soon be [Am]gone
As I was [E]standing there [Am]grieving,
heart feeling just like [Dm]lead,
[Am]knowing he'd [E]soon be [Am]leaving,
wish[F]ing it was [E]me in[Am]stead.
I went out to [E]old Joe [Am]Sparrow
most of my friends [Dm]were there
but [Am]nobody [E]seemed to un
[Am]derstand my trouble
nobody [F]even [E]seemed to [Am]care

[Interlude 1]
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[Verse 2]
When I got [Am]back to that
[E]St. James in[Am]firmary

[Verse 3]
All was still [Dm]last night

[Verse 4]
Sweet [Am]baby laid [E]on that [Am]long, long table

[Verse 5]
[F]Pale [E]and cold and [Am]white

[Verse 6]
And when I [Am]put my hand
[E]on his [Am]pretty face

[Verse 7]
[Dm]
And I [Am]knew that nobody
[E]could tak[Am]e his place,
Lord it [Dm]made me feel [E]so [Am]alone.
Well he's gone, he's [E]gone,
God [Am]bless him,
wherever [E]he might [Dm]be.
[Am]And if he searched this whol[E]e world
[Am]You wouldn't have [Dm]found a friend a[E]s good a[Am]s me[E][Am]
[Dm][Am][E][Am][Dm][E][Am][E]
[Am][Dm][Am][E][Am][Dm][E]
[Am]I went down to the St.[E]
James in[Am]firmary
[E]Her [Am]sweet baby groan[Dm]ed
[Am]Nobody down [E]there could hear [Am]me
Cause I [Dm]knew that he'd
[E]soon be [Am]gone
Cause I knew [F]that he'd
soon [E]be [Am]gone
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