The White Stripes – St James Infirmary Blues (Guitar)

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Intro: Am Oh coco! Verse 1:
Am               E                Am                   F      E      E7
Well Folks, I'm goin' down to St. James Infirmary, to see my baby there 

Am        E               Am                         F         E        Am
She's stretched out on a long, white table, looks so good, so cold, so fair. 
Verse 2:
Am           E           Am             F           E    E7
Let her go, let her go, god bless her, wherever she may be, 

Am        E          Am                          F                  E              Am
She will search this wide world over, but she'll never find another sweet man like me. 
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Verse 3:
Am              E                 Am                       F         E               E7 
Take apart your bones and put 'em back together, tell your mama that you're somebody new

Am              E                  Am                                 F              E            Am
Feel the breeze blowin tell em all 'look out here it comes' now I can say whatever I feel like to you 
Verse 4:
     Am      E               Am                 F      E              E7
Then give me 6 crap-shootin' pallbearers, let a chorus girl sing me a song

Am        E    Am                  F          E       Am
Put a red-hot jazz band, we raise Hallelujah as we go along
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Verse 5:
Am                  E          Am                             F   E            E7           
Folks, now that you have heard my story, say boy, hand me another shot of that rye; 

Am       E       Am                     E   D          C     B      Am
If anyone should ask you, tell 'em I've got those St. James Infirmary blues.