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| St. James Infirmary Blues |
| Traditional |
| Based on the version by "Cab" Calloway III |
| Tabbed by Patrick Ferris |
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Another piano song; what the hell... let's put it in Open Fm tuning:
C F C F Ab C
(If you would rather play it in standard tuning, I suggest Em (022000) with a capo on the 1st fret, so you still achieve
the open chord sound)
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| Tab Definitions: |
| Fm: x00000 |
|Fm/C: 000000 |
|(-1): Note struck behind the nut |
| h: Hammer onto note |
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INTRO:
Fm
Oh, Koko` `Calloway's version accompanies the Fleischer brothers' 1920s
Betty Boop cartoon, featuring Koko the Clown singing
N.C.
P.M. on low notes
Fm /C
C|-8--5--------------------------
Ab|-------------------------------
F|-------------------------------
C|---0--0--0--0---5--4--0--0--5--
F|---0--0--0--0---0--0--0--0--0--
C|---------------0---------------
VERSE 1:
Fm Fm/C Fm Fm/C Fm
Well, folks, I'm goin' down to St. James Infirmary
Fm/C Fm Fm/C Fm
To see my little lady there
Fm/C Fm
She's stretched out on a long, white table
Fm/C Fm
Well, she
C|-------------------------------
Ab|-------------------------------
F|-7--7------5----5--3--3--2--0--
C|-------------------------------
F|-------------------------------
C|-------------------------------
looks so good, so cold, so fair
VERSE 2:
Let her go, let her go, God bless her
Wherever she may be
You may search this whole wide world over
But you'll never find another sweetheart like me
Yeah,
BREAK 1:
C|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ab|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
F|-0-3-5-7--5-3-5-7--0-3-5-7--5-3-0--0-3-5-7--12-10-7-5-3--12-12-10-10-7-7-5-5-3-3-2-2-0--
C|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
F|-0-3-5-7--5-3-5-7--0-3-5-7--5-3-0--0-3-5-7--12-10-7-5-3--12-12-10-10-7-7-5-5-3-3-2-2-0--
C|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
VERSE 3:
Take apart your bones and put 'em back together
Tell your mama that you're somebody new
Feel the breeze blowin', tell 'em all, "Look out, here it comes!"
Now, I can say whatever I feel like to you
VERSE 4:
Then give me six crap-shootin' pallbearers
Let a chorus girl sing me a song
Put a red-hot jazz band`, we raise `Calloway sings "jazz band in top hats"
Hallelujah as we go along
Well,
BREAK 2:
C|----------------------------5---3-5-----------------------------------------
Ab|----------------------------------------------------------------------------
F|-0-3-5-7--5-3-5-0--0-3-5-7-----------0-3-5-7--12-10-7-5-3--12-10-7-5-3-2-0--
C|----------------------------------------------------------------------------
F|-0-3-5-7--5-3-5-7--0-3-5-7--5-3---0--0-3-5-7--12-10-7-5-3--12-10-7-5-3-2-0--
C|----------------------------------------------------------------------------
C|-----3-----3-----3-----3--
Ab|-3/4---3/4---3/4---3/4----
F|--------------------------
C|-0-----0-----0-----0------
F|-0-----0-----0-----0------
C|--------------------------
VERSE 5:
Well, folks, now that you have heard my story
Say, boy, hand me another shot of that rye
And if anyone should ask you
Just tell 'em I
C|------------------------------------------------------------------------------(-1)--
Ab|--------------------------------------------------------(-1)------------------(-1)--
F|-7-----------5---------3-------2-------0-------(-1)----------(-1)-------------(-1)--
C|---------------------------------------------------(-1)------------(-1)-------(-1)--
F|------------------------------------------------------------------------(-1)--(-1)--
C|------------------------------------------------------------------------------(-1)--
got some of those St. James Infirmary blues
