Chords for Cab Calloway "St. James Infirmary Blues" on The Ed Sullivan Show
Tempo:
78.05 bpm
Chords used:
B
Em
C#
C
E
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[F]
[G#] [Em] Folks, I'm going down to St.
[B] James [Em] Infirmary.
See my best, [G] [Em] [B] she's stretched out on a long white [C] table.
[B] So sweet, so cowl, [Em] so fang.
[E] [B] Let it go, let it go,
[C#] [E] [C#]
wherever she may [B] be.
She can search this whole [C#] wide world over.
[C] She'll [Em] never find another sweet [C#] man like me.
When I die, [B] bury me in my straight-leg gritches.
Put on a box-back [Am] coat and a studs [G] in high.
[Em] Put a twenty-dollar [B] gold piece on my watch chain.
So you can [C#] let all the boys [B] know I [E] died.
I spent eighty [Em]-six shooting pallbearers.
[B] Shooting six.
Let a chorus [Em] girl sing me a [C#] song.
[Em] Yeah, [B]
[C] I'm jazz banding to the top of my head.
[Bm] So we can raise hallelujah as [C#] we go along.
Folks, [Am] now that you have heard my [Em] story.
See man, I'd be over another shot of that beer.
[G] [Em] And if anyone [B]
should ask [C] you, you tell them.
I've got the St.
James [B] Infirmary.
[Bm] Blow!
[B]
Blow!
[E]
[G#] [Em] Folks, I'm going down to St.
[B] James [Em] Infirmary.
See my best, [G] [Em] [B] she's stretched out on a long white [C] table.
[B] So sweet, so cowl, [Em] so fang.
[E] [B] Let it go, let it go,
[C#] [E] [C#]
wherever she may [B] be.
She can search this whole [C#] wide world over.
[C] She'll [Em] never find another sweet [C#] man like me.
When I die, [B] bury me in my straight-leg gritches.
Put on a box-back [Am] coat and a studs [G] in high.
[Em] Put a twenty-dollar [B] gold piece on my watch chain.
So you can [C#] let all the boys [B] know I [E] died.
I spent eighty [Em]-six shooting pallbearers.
[B] Shooting six.
Let a chorus [Em] girl sing me a [C#] song.
[Em] Yeah, [B]
[C] I'm jazz banding to the top of my head.
[Bm] So we can raise hallelujah as [C#] we go along.
Folks, [Am] now that you have heard my [Em] story.
See man, I'd be over another shot of that beer.
[G] [Em] And if anyone [B]
should ask [C] you, you tell them.
I've got the St.
James [B] Infirmary.
[Bm] Blow!
[B]
Blow!
[E]
Key:
B
Em
C#
C
E
B
Em
C#
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ [G#] _ [Em] Folks, I'm going down to St.
[B] James _ [Em] Infirmary.
See my best, [G] _ _ _ [Em] _ [B] she's stretched out on a long white [C] table.
[B] So sweet, so cowl, [Em] so fang.
[E] _ [B] Let it go, let it go, _
_ [C#] _ _ [E] _ _ _ [C#] _
wherever she may [B] be.
She can search this whole [C#] wide world over.
[C] She'll [Em] never find another sweet [C#] man like me.
When I die, [B] bury me in my straight-leg gritches.
Put on a box-back [Am] coat and a studs [G] in high.
_ [Em] Put a twenty-dollar [B] gold piece on my watch chain.
So you can [C#] let all the boys [B] know I [E] died.
I spent _ _ eighty [Em]-six shooting pallbearers.
[B] Shooting six.
Let a chorus [Em] girl sing me a [C#] song.
_ _ [Em] Yeah, [B] _ _ _
[C] I'm jazz banding to the top of my head.
[Bm] So we can raise hallelujah as [C#] we go along.
_ Folks, [Am] now that you have heard my [Em] story.
See man, I'd be over another shot of that beer.
_ [G] _ _ [Em] And if anyone [B]
should ask [C] you, you tell them.
I've got the St.
James _ [B] Infirmary.
_ [Bm] Blow! _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [B]
Blow!
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ _ [G#] _ [Em] Folks, I'm going down to St.
[B] James _ [Em] Infirmary.
See my best, [G] _ _ _ [Em] _ [B] she's stretched out on a long white [C] table.
[B] So sweet, so cowl, [Em] so fang.
[E] _ [B] Let it go, let it go, _
_ [C#] _ _ [E] _ _ _ [C#] _
wherever she may [B] be.
She can search this whole [C#] wide world over.
[C] She'll [Em] never find another sweet [C#] man like me.
When I die, [B] bury me in my straight-leg gritches.
Put on a box-back [Am] coat and a studs [G] in high.
_ [Em] Put a twenty-dollar [B] gold piece on my watch chain.
So you can [C#] let all the boys [B] know I [E] died.
I spent _ _ eighty [Em]-six shooting pallbearers.
[B] Shooting six.
Let a chorus [Em] girl sing me a [C#] song.
_ _ [Em] Yeah, [B] _ _ _
[C] I'm jazz banding to the top of my head.
[Bm] So we can raise hallelujah as [C#] we go along.
_ Folks, [Am] now that you have heard my [Em] story.
See man, I'd be over another shot of that beer.
_ [G] _ _ [Em] And if anyone [B]
should ask [C] you, you tell them.
I've got the St.
James _ [B] Infirmary.
_ [Bm] Blow! _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [B]
Blow!
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _