Chords for The Devil Makes Three "St. James" (live acoustic)
Tempo:
156.85 bpm
Chords used:
Am
A
Dm
E
D
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[B] [Am]
[Eb] I'm starting to learn.
[Ebm] Yeah.
All right.
[A] [Am] [D]
[A] [Am] [D] [A]
[D] [A] [Am] [D]
[C] [G] [E]
[A] [Am] [D]
[A] [D] [Am] [C]
[Am] [E] [Am]
Went [D] down [Dm] to old [Am] Joe's bar room, down [Dm] on the corner [C] by the square.
[D] [E] [G] [Am]
They [D] were serving [Am] drinks as usual, and the [C] [E]
crowd [Am] was there.
[Dm] In the corner [Am] sat big Joe McKinley, his eyes [Dm]
[C] bloodshot red.
[E] [G]
[Am] As [D] he [Dm] turned to [Am] address the crowd around [C] him were the [B] very [E] words [C] that he said.
[E]
[Am] Then I went [Dm] down to St.
[Am] James' brewery, to see [Dm] my [Em] bed.
[E] [Am]
[Dm] She would lay [Am] on the long white table, [Em] so cold, so [Am] thin, so fair.
There'd go, there'd go, Dr.
Strupp, wherever [F] she [Em] may
[Bm] be.
[A] Then [Dm] I searched that [A] whole wide world [Em] over, never found a man [E] as sweet [A] as me.
She'd [Em] never find a [E] man as sweet [A] as me.
[Dm]
[Am] [Dm]
[Em] [A]
[Am]
[Dm] Then I'm down [A] on the ferry, I'm behind the [Dm] tower, standing still.
[Em] [A]
Put [Dm] a twenty [Am] dollar gold piece on my wallet, [Em] so the gang would [E] know I'd left [A] it in the pad.
I want [Dm] six craps, food [Am] is cold, my bills.
Pretty [Dm] gal, sing [Am] me a [E] song.
[A] I [Dm] want to jazz [A] band my mother's way [C] in the [A] rickshaws we rode on.
Won't you roll down that road I had.
Won't you roll down that road I
[D] had.
[Am] Thirty minutes more down to that old [D] graveyard.
[G]
[E] There's only seven of them men coming [Am]
back.
Oh, that's where I'm going to start.
Having a shot of the [C] blues.
[E] [A] And if anybody should ask, [Em] I got to St.
James' [E] infirmary.
[A] I [C] got to St.
[E] James' [Am] infirmary.
[A]
[N]
[Eb] I'm starting to learn.
[Ebm] Yeah.
All right.
[A] [Am] [D]
[A] [Am] [D] [A]
[D] [A] [Am] [D]
[C] [G] [E]
[A] [Am] [D]
[A] [D] [Am] [C]
[Am] [E] [Am]
Went [D] down [Dm] to old [Am] Joe's bar room, down [Dm] on the corner [C] by the square.
[D] [E] [G] [Am]
They [D] were serving [Am] drinks as usual, and the [C] [E]
crowd [Am] was there.
[Dm] In the corner [Am] sat big Joe McKinley, his eyes [Dm]
[C] bloodshot red.
[E] [G]
[Am] As [D] he [Dm] turned to [Am] address the crowd around [C] him were the [B] very [E] words [C] that he said.
[E]
[Am] Then I went [Dm] down to St.
[Am] James' brewery, to see [Dm] my [Em] bed.
[E] [Am]
[Dm] She would lay [Am] on the long white table, [Em] so cold, so [Am] thin, so fair.
There'd go, there'd go, Dr.
Strupp, wherever [F] she [Em] may
[Bm] be.
[A] Then [Dm] I searched that [A] whole wide world [Em] over, never found a man [E] as sweet [A] as me.
She'd [Em] never find a [E] man as sweet [A] as me.
[Dm]
[Am] [Dm]
[Em] [A]
[Am]
[Dm] Then I'm down [A] on the ferry, I'm behind the [Dm] tower, standing still.
[Em] [A]
Put [Dm] a twenty [Am] dollar gold piece on my wallet, [Em] so the gang would [E] know I'd left [A] it in the pad.
I want [Dm] six craps, food [Am] is cold, my bills.
Pretty [Dm] gal, sing [Am] me a [E] song.
[A] I [Dm] want to jazz [A] band my mother's way [C] in the [A] rickshaws we rode on.
Won't you roll down that road I had.
Won't you roll down that road I
[D] had.
[Am] Thirty minutes more down to that old [D] graveyard.
[G]
[E] There's only seven of them men coming [Am]
back.
Oh, that's where I'm going to start.
Having a shot of the [C] blues.
[E] [A] And if anybody should ask, [Em] I got to St.
James' [E] infirmary.
[A] I [C] got to St.
[E] James' [Am] infirmary.
[A]
[N]
Key:
Am
A
Dm
E
D
Am
A
Dm
[B] _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _
_ [Eb] I'm starting to learn.
[Ebm] Yeah.
All right. _
_ [A] _ _ [Am] _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ [Am] _ [D] _ [A] _ _ _
[D] _ [A] _ _ [Am] _ [D] _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ [G] _ [E] _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ [Am] _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ [D] _ [Am] _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ [Am] _ [E] _ _ _ _ [Am] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Went [D] down [Dm] to old [Am] Joe's bar _ room, _ _ _ _ down [Dm] on the corner [C] by the square.
[D] _ [E] _ _ _ [G] _ [Am] _ _
They [D] were serving [Am] _ drinks as usual, and the [C] _ _ [E]
crowd _ [Am] was there. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Dm] In the corner [Am] sat big Joe _ McKinley, his eyes [Dm] _ _
[C] bloodshot _ red.
_ [E] _ _ [G] _
[Am] _ _ As [D] he [Dm] turned to [Am] address the crowd around [C] him were the [B] very [E] words [C] that he said.
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Am] _ _ _ Then I went [Dm] down to St.
[Am] James' brewery, _ to see [Dm] my _ [Em] bed.
_ [E] _ _ [Am] _
[Dm] She would lay [Am] on the long white table, [Em] so cold, so [Am] thin, so fair. _ _
There'd go, there'd go, Dr. _ _
Strupp, wherever [F] she [Em] may _ _
[Bm] be.
[A] Then [Dm] I searched that [A] whole wide world [Em] over, never found a man [E] as sweet [A] as me.
_ She'd [Em] never find a [E] man as sweet [A] as _ me.
_ _ [Dm] _ _ _
_ [Am] _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _
_ [Em] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] Then I'm down [A] on the ferry, _ _ I'm behind the [Dm] tower, standing still.
[Em] _ _ _ _ [A] _
Put [Dm] a twenty [Am] dollar gold piece on my wallet, [Em] so the gang would [E] know I'd left [A] it in the pad.
_ I want [Dm] six craps, food [Am] is cold, my bills. _ _
Pretty [Dm] gal, sing [Am] me a [E] song. _
[A] _ I [Dm] want to jazz [A] band my mother's way [C] in the [A] rickshaws we rode on.
_ Won't you roll down that road I had.
_ Won't you roll down that road I _
[D] _ had.
[Am] Thirty minutes more down to that old [D] graveyard.
_ _ [G] _ _ _
[E] There's only seven of them men coming [Am] _ _
back. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Oh, that's where I'm going to start.
_ _ _ Having a shot of the [C] blues.
[E] _ _ [A] _ And if anybody should ask, [Em] I got to St.
James' [E] infirmary.
[A] _ _ I [C] got to St.
[E] James' _ _ [Am] infirmary. _
_ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _
_ [Eb] I'm starting to learn.
[Ebm] Yeah.
All right. _
_ [A] _ _ [Am] _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ [Am] _ [D] _ [A] _ _ _
[D] _ [A] _ _ [Am] _ [D] _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ [G] _ [E] _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ [Am] _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ [D] _ [Am] _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ [Am] _ [E] _ _ _ _ [Am] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Went [D] down [Dm] to old [Am] Joe's bar _ room, _ _ _ _ down [Dm] on the corner [C] by the square.
[D] _ [E] _ _ _ [G] _ [Am] _ _
They [D] were serving [Am] _ drinks as usual, and the [C] _ _ [E]
crowd _ [Am] was there. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Dm] In the corner [Am] sat big Joe _ McKinley, his eyes [Dm] _ _
[C] bloodshot _ red.
_ [E] _ _ [G] _
[Am] _ _ As [D] he [Dm] turned to [Am] address the crowd around [C] him were the [B] very [E] words [C] that he said.
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Am] _ _ _ Then I went [Dm] down to St.
[Am] James' brewery, _ to see [Dm] my _ [Em] bed.
_ [E] _ _ [Am] _
[Dm] She would lay [Am] on the long white table, [Em] so cold, so [Am] thin, so fair. _ _
There'd go, there'd go, Dr. _ _
Strupp, wherever [F] she [Em] may _ _
[Bm] be.
[A] Then [Dm] I searched that [A] whole wide world [Em] over, never found a man [E] as sweet [A] as me.
_ She'd [Em] never find a [E] man as sweet [A] as _ me.
_ _ [Dm] _ _ _
_ [Am] _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _
_ [Em] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] Then I'm down [A] on the ferry, _ _ I'm behind the [Dm] tower, standing still.
[Em] _ _ _ _ [A] _
Put [Dm] a twenty [Am] dollar gold piece on my wallet, [Em] so the gang would [E] know I'd left [A] it in the pad.
_ I want [Dm] six craps, food [Am] is cold, my bills. _ _
Pretty [Dm] gal, sing [Am] me a [E] song. _
[A] _ I [Dm] want to jazz [A] band my mother's way [C] in the [A] rickshaws we rode on.
_ Won't you roll down that road I had.
_ Won't you roll down that road I _
[D] _ had.
[Am] Thirty minutes more down to that old [D] graveyard.
_ _ [G] _ _ _
[E] There's only seven of them men coming [Am] _ _
back. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Oh, that's where I'm going to start.
_ _ _ Having a shot of the [C] blues.
[E] _ _ [A] _ And if anybody should ask, [Em] I got to St.
James' [E] infirmary.
[A] _ _ I [C] got to St.
[E] James' _ _ [Am] infirmary. _
_ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _