The Ballad Of Spider John Chords by Sam Bush

[A] _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Spider John is [C] my name, friends [D] I'm in between fates and I sure would be [Am] obliged
If I [C] could share your [G] company I'm _ [Am] on [G] my way [C] to nowhere
[D] Been running from [G] my past [Am] Running [B] from [C] the things I used [G] to be _ _
_ _ Well [Am] I know [G] my words [C] sound strange to you But [D] if you wait till my song is sung
And my story [Am] told You [C] might come to [G] understand
_ Why [Am] I'm old [Bm] and [C] bent and devil-spinned [D] And running [G] out of time
But [Am] not long [G] ago I [C] held a royal flush in [D] my hand
I [Em] was a supermarket fool I [A] was a border [Em] bank stool
_ _ [G] Robbing my [A] hometown
_ I [Em] thought [G] I lost my blues [A] Yes I thought I'd pay [Em] my dues
[F] I thought I'd found [C] a life to suit [Em] my style
[F#] And [G] old Spider John [F] the robber [C] man [G] Long, tall [Am] and handsome
Yes [G] old Spider John [F] with a [C] loaded hand [G] Taking [Am] bransom _ _
_ _ _ Then [G] one day I [C] met Diamond Lil [D] She was the sweetest thing
I declare [Am] that the summer [Em] breeze [C] Did ever blow [G] my way
_ _ [Am] Lily [C] she had no idea Of [D] my illustrious [G] occupation
[A] She thought I [Bm] was a saint [C] Not a sinner gone [G] astray
_ _ _ _ Spider _
[Am] [C] he loved his Lily so much [D] He could not confess his sins
Cause he knew if [Am] he did She [C] would surely take [G] her leave
_ But you know [Am] that the word [G] got around [C] And Lily left town
[D] And he never saw [G] her again [Am] Tossing [G] and turning
[C] Causing his heart to [D] grieve
Well I [G] was a supermarket fool I [A] was a border bank stool
[Em] _
[G] Robbing my [A] hometown
_ I [Em] thought I lost my [G] blues Yes [Am] I thought I'd pay my dues
[F] I thought I'd found [C] a life to suit [G] my style
_ And old Spider John [F] the robber [C] man [B] Long, tall [Am] and handsome
Yes [G] old Spider John [F] with a loaded hand [C] [G] Taking [Am] bransom _ _ _ _ _
And that [C] is all my story [D] It's been these thirty years
[G] Since I took to [Am] the road To find [C] my precious [G] jewel one _ _
[Am] Well if you [Bm] see [C] my Lily Won't [D] you give her my [G] regards
Tell her old [Am] Spider [G] got tangled [C] In the black whip that [Em] he spun
[G] _ Tell her old [Am] Spider [G] got tangled [C] In the black whip that [G] he spun _ _ _
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