Fm C Fm C Folks, i'm goin' down to st. james infirmaryFm C Fm C seeFm C Fm C My baby there, she's stretched out on a long, white tableA#m C Fm C She's so sweet, so cold, so fairFm C Fm C Let her go, let her go, god bless herFm C Fm C Wherever she may beFm C Fm C She will search this wide world overContinues after the adA#m C Fm C But she'll never find another sweet man like meFm C Fm C Now, when i die, bury me in my straight-leg britchesFm C Fm C Put on a box-back coat and a stetson hatFm C Fm C Put a twenty-dollar gold piece on my watch chainA#m C Fm C So you can let all the boys know i died standing patFm C Fm C An' give me six crap shooting pall bearersFm C Fm C Let a chorus girl sing me a songFm C Fm C put a reeed hot jazz band at the top of my head so we can raiseA#m C Fm C Hallelujah as we go alongFm C Fm C Folks, now that you have heard my storyFm C Fm C say, boy, hand me another shot of that booooozeFm C Fm C if anyone should ask youA#m C Fm Tell 'em i've got those st. james infirmary blues
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