Tuning: E A D G B E

From the album "Third Generation Blues" Doc Watson and Richard Watson Chords EADGBe Em7 02203x Emadd9 022002 Em6 022020 Am6 002212 Am7 002213 C x32013 [Intro refrain]

^Em7 When will I ever be happy ^AmWhen will I ever smile^Em ^Am My baby went and left me And ^Cshe'll be gone a long long w^B7hile

C B7 Em Emadd9 Em6 [Verse 1]

^Em6Went d^Emown to that St. ^B7James In^Emfirmary ^Emadd9 ^Em ^EmHeard s^Emadd9weet baby ^Amgroan^Am6 ^EmNobody down ^B7there could ^Emcheer me^Emadd9 ^Em6 'Cause I ^Cknowed that ^B7she'd soon be ^Emgone^Emadd9

[Verse 2]

^EmAnd as I was ^B7standing there a'^Emgrievin ^Emadd9 ^Em ^EmMy heart feelin' just like ^Am6lead ^EmI knowed that she'd ^B7soon be ^Emleavin ^Emadd9 I's a'^CWishing that it was ^B7me ins^Emadd9tead

[Instrumental break] Em B7 Em Emadd9 Em Em Emadd9 Am Am7 Am6 Em B7 Em Emadd9 C B7 Em Emadd9 [Verse 3]

^EmThen I went out to ^B7Old Joe's ^Embar room ^Emadd9 ^Em ^EmMost of my friends were there ^Am7 ^Am6 ^EmBut nobody ^B7understood my ^Emtrouble^Emadd9 I tell you, ^Cnobody ^B7seemed to ^Emcare. ^Emadd9

[Verse 4]

^EmWhen I got back to that ^B7St. James In^Emfirmary ^EmAll was still as ^Amnight ^Am6 ^EmSweet baby on a ^B7long low ^Emtable ^Emadd9 She was ^Cpale,^B7 and so cold and ^Emwhite ^Emadd9

[Verse 5]

^EmAnd when I put my hand^B7 on her ^Empretty face^Emadd9 ^EmIt was cold like marble ^Amstone ^Am7 ^Am6 And I ^Emknowed that no ^B7woman could ever ^Emtake her place^Emadd9 Lord it^C made me feel ^B7so al^Emone ^Emadd9

[Instrumental break] Em B7 Em Emadd9 Em Em Emadd9 Am Am7 Am6 Em B7 Em Emadd9 C B7 Em Emadd9 [Verse 6]

^EmShe's gone, she's ^B7gone God ^Embless her ^Emadd9 ^EmWhere-ever she might ^Ambe ^Am6 If she'd ^Emsearched ^B7this whole world ^Emover ^Em6 She ^Cwouldn't have found a ^B7friend like ^Emme ^Emadd9

[Verse 7]

^EmGive me my box back ^B7coat and my ^Embutton shoes^Emadd9 ^Emwhen you've laid me down to ^Amsleep ^Am7 ^Am6 Put ^Emthese old guitar ^B7picks right ^Emup in my lapel ^Emadd9 And f^Cellas set this ^B7old guitar right ^Emdown by my feet^Emadd9

[Verse 8]

^EmWent down to that St. ^B7James In^Emfirmary ^Emadd9 Emadd9 Am Amadd6 Heard my sweet baby groan ^EmNobody down ^B7there could ^Emcheer me^Em9 'Cause I ^Cknowed that ^B7she'd soon be ^Emgone^Emadd9

[Outro Instrumental] Em B7 Em Emadd9 Em Em Emadd9 Am Am7 Amadd6 Em B7 Em Emadd9 C B7 Em Emadd9

Doc Watson - St james infirmary