Chords for Saint James Infirmary Blues finger picking lesson

[Dm] _ _ Okay, St.
James Infirmary. _
That's a song [B] a lot of [E] people have [N] played it.
[C] But [E] the version that I heard that I really [A] liked was Arlo Guthrie.
[E] I love the way he plays that song.
[A] _ So, I'm going to show you, not really the way he plays it, [Am] but kind of.
Here's the chords to St.
[A] James Infirmary.
[Am] _ _
[A] Well, let me play it through, just the chords.
Now, I'm going to show you, well, let me show you a finger [G]-picking arrangement here
that's going to have one [A] right-hand pattern throughout this whole song.
This is why we picked this [G] song.
So, one right-hand pattern [A] like this. _ _
_ [E] _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ [C] _ _ [Em] _ _ [Am] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ [D] _
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Okay, [A] so the chords are A minor, [E] E, _ [Am] A minor, A minor, F, [C] C, [E] D, A minor, E, [Am] A minor,
[G] _ up to this G [F] here, F, [E] G, [Am] A minor. _
Got that?
Let me show you a right-hand pattern you can play throughout this whole [A] song.
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
Can you see the right hand? _ _ _ _ _ _
_ And one, [Am] and two.
That's the whole thing.
_ And one, and two. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [A] So, for A minor. _
_ _ And one, and _ [Am] two. _ _ _ _ _
Then we go to E, [E] same thing.
_ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
[Am] _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _
See the right hand there? _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
So, A minor, [Am] and one, and two.
E, _ [E] and one.
_ _ _ [B] _
_ _ [Am] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
[Am] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ Now it goes to F, [C] and one, [F] and two. _
_ And to C, [G] [C] and one, and two.
So, you've got this index finger that is hitting actually before the first beat.
So, you're [Bb] not counting one, two, three, four.
You're counting, and one, and two, and three, [A] and four, and one, and one.
[D] So, you're emphasizing that first [A] and.
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ And F, _ _ _ _ [C] C, and one, and two.
[E] E, and one, and two.
A [Am] minor, _ E, [B] _ _ [A] A minor, and one, [Am] and two.
Then reach up with your little finger and hit the G [G] note.
And one, and one, [Am] and two.
And F, [F] and one, _ and [E] two. _ _
[Am] _ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
[Am] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _
[E] _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _
So, just one pattern throughout.
And one, and two.
And to E, [E] and one, and two. _
[A] And [Am] one, and two, and one, and two, and one.
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ [E] _ _ [Am] _ _
_ You mute the bass a little, sounds better. _ _
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_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
[Am] _ _ [E] _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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