Townes van Zandt - Saint john the gambler
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Though there are other tabs out there for this song, here it is in its original
key, from the album "Our Mother the Mountain"
Saint John the Gambler
by Townes Van Zandt
Tabbed by Steve Olszewski
CmWell she'd F#mhad twenty years when she Cmturned to her mother
Sayin', &qF#muot;Mother I know that youCm'll grieve.
But I've Egiven my F#msoul to ASt. John The CmGambler
E G#(4)
And tomorrow comes time to leave,
For the F#mhills cannot hold back my Cmsorrow forever
And F#mdead men lie deep 'round the Cmdoor
Of the onEly salvaF#mtion that's miAne for the asCmkin'
So mother think Gmon me no Cmmore."
And winter howled high 'round the mountain's breast,
And the cold of a thousand snows
Lay heaped upon the forest's sleep
She dressed in Calico.
For a gambler likes his women fancy,
Fancy she would be
And the fire of her longing would keep 'way the cold,
and her dress was a sight to see.
But the road was long beneath her feet,
She followed her frozen breath
In search of a certain St. John The Gambler,
Stumbling to her death.
She heard his laughter right down from the mountain,
And danced with her mother's tears
To a funeral drone of Calico,
'neath a cross of twenty years.
To a funeral drone of Calico,
'neath a cross of twenty years.