Chords for The Ballad Of Spider John

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_ Spider John is [C] my name, friends _
[D] I'm in between friends and I sure would be [Am] obliged
If I [C] could share your [G] company _ _ _ _ _ _
[Am] I'm on my way [C] to nowhere
[D] Been running from [G] my past _
[Am] Running [G] from [C] the things I used [G] to _ _ be _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ Well, [Am] I know 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 and bent and devil-spent
[D] And running out [G] of time
But [Am] not long ago I held [C] a royal flush in [D] my _ hand
_ _ I [Em] was a _ supermarket _ fool
I [E] was in border banks too _
[Em] _ _ _ _ _ [G] Robbing my [A] hometown
[E] _ _ _ _ _ [Em]
I thought I [G] lost my blues _
[E] Yes, I thought I'd paid my dues
[F] I thought I'd [C] found a life to suit [Em] my style
_ _ _ _ And [G] old Spider John, [F] the robber man
[C] _ [G] Long, tall [Am] and handsome _ _
_ _ Yes, [G] old Spider John [F] with a loaded hand
[C] _ _ Taking [Am] ransom _ _ _ _ _ _
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Then one day I [C] met Diamond Lil
[D] She was the sweetest thing
I declare [Am] that the summer breeze [C] did ever blow [G] my way _ _ _ _ _
[Am] Well, Lily, she [C] had no idea of [D] my illustrious _ [G] occupation _
[A] She thought I was a [C] saint, not a sinner gone [G] astray _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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[Am] Spider, [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 [Bm] got around
[C] And Lily left town [D] and he never saw [G] her again _ _
[Am] Tossing and turning, [C] causing his heart to [D] grieve
_ _ _ _ Well, I [Em] was a _ supermarket fool
I [A] was in border [E] banks too _ _
[Em] _ _ _ _ [G] Robbing my [E] hometown _ _ _ _ _ _
[Em] I thought I lost [Em] my _ blues
[E] Yes, I thought I'd paid my dues
[F] I thought I'd found [C] a life to suit [Em] my style
[G] _ _ _ _ And [G] old Spider John, [F] the robber man
[C] _ Long, tall [Am] and handsome _ _
_ _ Yes, [G] old Spider John [F] with a loaded _ [C] hand
_ [G] Taking [A] ransom
[Am] _ _ _ _ _ _
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And that [C] is all my story _
[D] It's been these thirty years since I took to [Am] the road
To find [C] my precious _
[G] jeweled one _ _ _ _ _
[Am] Well, if [Bm] you 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 [Am] old Spider [G] got tangled [C] in the black whip that [G] he spun _ _ _ _ _ _
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