Chords for Cab Calloway 1933 Cartoon of St. James Infirmary Blues
Tempo:
94.7 bpm
Chords used:
Fm
C
Bbm
G
Gb
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[Fm] [Gb] [Fm]
[C] [Fm] [C] [Fm]
Folks, I'm [C] going down to [Fm] St.
James [C] Infirmary.
[Fm]
[Bbm] [Fm] She's Mom!
[C] [Fm] [Bbm] She's so [C] sweet, so [Fm] calm, so [C] fair.
[Fm] Let her [C] go, let her go, oh bless her.
[Fm]
[Bbm] Where ever [Fm] she may [C] be,
[Fm] She will [C] search this [Fm] wide world over,
[Bbm] But you'll never [C] find another [Fm] sweet man like [C] me
[Fm] Now when I [C] die, bet me [Fm] my straight-leg britches
Put on a [Bbm] box-back coat and [Fm] a stud-suit and a [C] hat
[Fm] Put a [C] twenty-dollar [Fm] gold piece on my white chain
[G] So you can let all [C] them boys know I [Fm] died standing [C] fast
[Fm] Then give [C] me six crap [Fm]-shooting [C] pallbearers
[Fm] And a [Bbm] chorus, girls, [Fm] sing me a [C] song
[Fm] Put a [C] red [Fm] jazz band in [Bbm] the band, sweet Grace, [C] hallelujah
As we [Fm] go along
Folks, now that you have heard my story
[Fm] Say, boy, [Bbm] hand [C] [Bb] me your shoes
[C] If anyone [Fm] should ask you
Tell them I [G] got those St.
James' in Bird River
[Fm] Let her go, let her go, oh bless her
[Fm] [Bbm] Wherever [Fm] she may [C] be
[Fm] She will [C] search this [Fm] wide world over
[Bbm] But you'll never find [C] another sweet [Fm] man like [C] me
[Fm] [Bbm]
[Fm]
[C] [Bbm]
[C] [Fm] [C] [Fm]
Folks, I'm [C] going down to [Fm] St.
James [C] Infirmary.
[Fm]
[Bbm] [Fm] She's Mom!
[C] [Fm] [Bbm] She's so [C] sweet, so [Fm] calm, so [C] fair.
[Fm] Let her [C] go, let her go, oh bless her.
[Fm]
[Bbm] Where ever [Fm] she may [C] be,
[Fm] She will [C] search this [Fm] wide world over,
[Bbm] But you'll never [C] find another [Fm] sweet man like [C] me
[Fm] Now when I [C] die, bet me [Fm] my straight-leg britches
Put on a [Bbm] box-back coat and [Fm] a stud-suit and a [C] hat
[Fm] Put a [C] twenty-dollar [Fm] gold piece on my white chain
[G] So you can let all [C] them boys know I [Fm] died standing [C] fast
[Fm] Then give [C] me six crap [Fm]-shooting [C] pallbearers
[Fm] And a [Bbm] chorus, girls, [Fm] sing me a [C] song
[Fm] Put a [C] red [Fm] jazz band in [Bbm] the band, sweet Grace, [C] hallelujah
As we [Fm] go along
Folks, now that you have heard my story
[Fm] Say, boy, [Bbm] hand [C] [Bb] me your shoes
[C] If anyone [Fm] should ask you
Tell them I [G] got those St.
James' in Bird River
[Fm] Let her go, let her go, oh bless her
[Fm] [Bbm] Wherever [Fm] she may [C] be
[Fm] She will [C] search this [Fm] wide world over
[Bbm] But you'll never find [C] another sweet [Fm] man like [C] me
[Fm] [Bbm]
[Fm]
[C] [Bbm]
Key:
Fm
C
Bbm
G
Gb
Fm
C
Bbm
_ _ [Fm] _ _ [Gb] _ _ [Fm] _ _
[C] _ _ [Fm] _ _ [C] _ _ [Fm] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ Folks, I'm [C] going down to [Fm] St.
James [C] Infirmary.
_ [Fm] _ _
[Bbm] _ _ [Fm] _ _ _ She's_ Mom! _
[C] _ _ [Fm] _ _ _ _ [Bbm] She's so [C] sweet, so [Fm] calm, so [C] fair.
_ [Fm] Let her [C] go, let her go, oh bless her.
[Fm] _
[Bbm] Where ever [Fm] she may [C] be,
_ [Fm] She will [C] search this [Fm] wide world over,
_ [Bbm] But you'll never [C] find another [Fm] sweet man like [C] me
[Fm] Now when I [C] die, bet me [Fm] my straight-leg britches
Put on a [Bbm] box-back coat and [Fm] a stud-suit and a [C] hat
_ [Fm] Put a [C] twenty-dollar [Fm] gold piece on my white chain
[G] So you can let all [C] them boys know I [Fm] died standing [C] fast
_ [Fm] Then give [C] me six crap [Fm]-shooting _ [C] pallbearers
[Fm] And a [Bbm] chorus, girls, [Fm] sing me a [C] song
[Fm] Put a [C] red _ [Fm] _ jazz band in [Bbm] the band, sweet Grace, [C] hallelujah
As we [Fm] go along
_ Folks, now that you have heard my story
_ [Fm] Say, boy, [Bbm] hand _ _ _ [C] _ [Bb] me your shoes
[C] If anyone [Fm] should ask you
Tell them I [G] got those St.
James' in Bird River
_ [Fm] Let her go, let her go, oh bless her
[Fm] _ [Bbm] Wherever [Fm] she may [C] be
[Fm] She will [C] search this [Fm] wide world over
_ [Bbm] But you'll never find [C] another sweet [Fm] man like [C] me
_ [Fm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bbm] _
_ _ _ _ _ [Fm] _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bbm] _ _
[C] _ _ [Fm] _ _ [C] _ _ [Fm] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ Folks, I'm [C] going down to [Fm] St.
James [C] Infirmary.
_ [Fm] _ _
[Bbm] _ _ [Fm] _ _ _ She's_ Mom! _
[C] _ _ [Fm] _ _ _ _ [Bbm] She's so [C] sweet, so [Fm] calm, so [C] fair.
_ [Fm] Let her [C] go, let her go, oh bless her.
[Fm] _
[Bbm] Where ever [Fm] she may [C] be,
_ [Fm] She will [C] search this [Fm] wide world over,
_ [Bbm] But you'll never [C] find another [Fm] sweet man like [C] me
[Fm] Now when I [C] die, bet me [Fm] my straight-leg britches
Put on a [Bbm] box-back coat and [Fm] a stud-suit and a [C] hat
_ [Fm] Put a [C] twenty-dollar [Fm] gold piece on my white chain
[G] So you can let all [C] them boys know I [Fm] died standing [C] fast
_ [Fm] Then give [C] me six crap [Fm]-shooting _ [C] pallbearers
[Fm] And a [Bbm] chorus, girls, [Fm] sing me a [C] song
[Fm] Put a [C] red _ [Fm] _ jazz band in [Bbm] the band, sweet Grace, [C] hallelujah
As we [Fm] go along
_ Folks, now that you have heard my story
_ [Fm] Say, boy, [Bbm] hand _ _ _ [C] _ [Bb] me your shoes
[C] If anyone [Fm] should ask you
Tell them I [G] got those St.
James' in Bird River
_ [Fm] Let her go, let her go, oh bless her
[Fm] _ [Bbm] Wherever [Fm] she may [C] be
[Fm] She will [C] search this [Fm] wide world over
_ [Bbm] But you'll never find [C] another sweet [Fm] man like [C] me
_ [Fm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bbm] _
_ _ _ _ _ [Fm] _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bbm] _ _