Townes Van Zandt – St John The Gambler (Guitar Tab)

Capo 4
Versions (2)

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Chords

[Intro]
  Am
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A|-0----------|
E|------------|

[Verse 1]
         Dm                                    Am          Dm                    Am
When she had twenty years... 
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  C          Dm          F         Am                     Dm          Am
I've Given...
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  Dm                                      Am           Dm                        Am
For the Hills... 
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  C          Dm          F         Am                     Em          Am
 The only Salvation... 
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A|-3-------------------------------0----------0-----------------------0-----------0----------|
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[Verse 2]
   Dm                                      Am          Dm                         Am
And winter held high... 
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  C          Dm          F         Am                     Dm          Am
Lay Heaped...
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A|-3-------------------------------0----------0-----------------------0-----------0----------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

  Dm                                      Am           Dm                        Am
For a gambler likes...
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  C          Dm          F         Am                     Em          Am
 And the fire.. 
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[Verse 3]
   Dm                                      Am          Dm                         Am
But the road was... 
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  C          Dm          F         Am                     Dm          Am
In search of a certain...
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   Dm                                      Am          Dm                         Am
She heard his laughter... 
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  C          Dm          F         Am                     Em          Am
To a funeral drone.. 
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  C          Dm          F         Am                     Em          Am
To a funeral drone.. 
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