St. James Hospital Chords by Tony Rice
Tempo:
73.375 bpm
Chords used:
Bm
A
F#
E
F#m
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[Bm] [F#m] Early one morning, past the [B] St.
James Hospital.
[Bm] Early [A] one morning, [F#] morning the month of May.
[Bm] When I looked through [A] the window, and [F#] I spied [Bm] a deer cowboy.
It was a deer [E] cowboy, [F#m] as [Bm] cold as the glade.
[Bm] Sit [A] ye down by me, [F#] and hear my sad [Bm] story.
Sit ye [A] down by me, [F#] and sing me a song.
[Bm] For my forehead [A] is aching, [F#] and my sad [Bm] heart is breaking.
I'm a [E] poor cowboy, [Bm] that don't need darn wrong.
[A] [F#] [B] [Bm]
[A] [F#]
[Bm] [A] [F#] [Bm]
[E] [Bm]
Send [A] for that doctor, [F#] to come and heal [Bm] up my body.
And send [A] for that preacher, [F#] to come and pray for my soul.
[Bm] For my forehead [A] is aching, and my [F#] sad [Bm] heart is breaking.
I'm a [E] poor cowboy, [G] [F#] and hell is [Bm] my doom.
[C#] [Bm] [E] [Bm]
[A] [F#] [Bm]
[A] [F#]
[Bm] [A] [F#] [Bm]
[E] [G] [Bm]
It's sixteen [A] pretty maidens, [F#m] to come and [Bm] carry my coffin.
It's sixteen [A] pretty maidens, [F#] to come and sing me a song.
[Bm] And tell [A] her to bring some of them [F#] [Bm] sweet smelling roses.
So they [E] can't smell me, [F#] as they told [Bm] me along.
[F#m] [Bm]
[A] [Bm] [Bm] [C#m]
[Bm] [A] [F#]
[Bm] [A] [F#] [Bm]
[E] [G] [Bm]
[B] [Bm] Beat [A] the drums slowly, [F#] and play [Bm] the pipe lowly.
Play [A] the death march, [F#] as you carry me along.
[Bm] And throw [A] bunches of lilies, all [F#] [Bm] over my coffin.
[Bm]
There goes a [E] poor cowboy, [Bm] that don't need darn wrong.
Early [A] one morning, past the [Bm] St.
James Hospital.
Early [A] one morning, [F#] in the month of May.
[Bm] When I look through [A] the window, [F#] and I spot [Bm] a dear cowboy.
It was a dear [E] cowboy, [G] [F#m] as cold [Bm] as the clay.
[F#m] [Bm] [N]
James Hospital.
[Bm] Early [A] one morning, [F#] morning the month of May.
[Bm] When I looked through [A] the window, and [F#] I spied [Bm] a deer cowboy.
It was a deer [E] cowboy, [F#m] as [Bm] cold as the glade.
[Bm] Sit [A] ye down by me, [F#] and hear my sad [Bm] story.
Sit ye [A] down by me, [F#] and sing me a song.
[Bm] For my forehead [A] is aching, [F#] and my sad [Bm] heart is breaking.
I'm a [E] poor cowboy, [Bm] that don't need darn wrong.
[A] [F#] [B] [Bm]
[A] [F#]
[Bm] [A] [F#] [Bm]
[E] [Bm]
Send [A] for that doctor, [F#] to come and heal [Bm] up my body.
And send [A] for that preacher, [F#] to come and pray for my soul.
[Bm] For my forehead [A] is aching, and my [F#] sad [Bm] heart is breaking.
I'm a [E] poor cowboy, [G] [F#] and hell is [Bm] my doom.
[C#] [Bm] [E] [Bm]
[A] [F#] [Bm]
[A] [F#]
[Bm] [A] [F#] [Bm]
[E] [G] [Bm]
It's sixteen [A] pretty maidens, [F#m] to come and [Bm] carry my coffin.
It's sixteen [A] pretty maidens, [F#] to come and sing me a song.
[Bm] And tell [A] her to bring some of them [F#] [Bm] sweet smelling roses.
So they [E] can't smell me, [F#] as they told [Bm] me along.
[F#m] [Bm]
[A] [Bm] [Bm] [C#m]
[Bm] [A] [F#]
[Bm] [A] [F#] [Bm]
[E] [G] [Bm]
[B] [Bm] Beat [A] the drums slowly, [F#] and play [Bm] the pipe lowly.
Play [A] the death march, [F#] as you carry me along.
[Bm] And throw [A] bunches of lilies, all [F#] [Bm] over my coffin.
[Bm]
There goes a [E] poor cowboy, [Bm] that don't need darn wrong.
Early [A] one morning, past the [Bm] St.
James Hospital.
Early [A] one morning, [F#] in the month of May.
[Bm] When I look through [A] the window, [F#] and I spot [Bm] a dear cowboy.
It was a dear [E] cowboy, [G] [F#m] as cold [Bm] as the clay.
[F#m] [Bm] [N]
Key:
Bm
A
F#
E
F#m
Bm
A
F#
[Bm] _ _ [F#m] Early one morning, past the [B] St.
James Hospital.
_ [Bm] _ Early [A] one morning, [F#] morning the month of May.
[Bm] When I looked through [A] the window, and [F#] I spied [Bm] a deer cowboy. _ _
It was a deer [E] cowboy, [F#m] as [Bm] cold as the glade.
_ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ Sit [A] ye down by me, [F#] and hear my sad [Bm] story. _ _
Sit ye [A] down by me, [F#] and sing me a song.
[Bm] For my forehead [A] is aching, [F#] and my sad [Bm] heart is breaking.
_ I'm a [E] poor cowboy, [Bm] that don't need darn wrong. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ [F#] _ [B] _ _ [Bm] _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _
[Bm] _ _ [A] _ _ [F#] _ _ [Bm] _ _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _ [Bm] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
Send [A] for that doctor, [F#] to come and heal [Bm] up my body. _ _
And send [A] for that preacher, [F#] to come and pray for my soul.
[Bm] For my forehead [A] is aching, and my [F#] sad [Bm] heart is breaking.
_ I'm a [E] poor cowboy, [G] [F#] and hell is [Bm] my doom.
_ [C#] _ _ [Bm] _ _ [E] _ [Bm] _
_ _ [A] _ _ [F#] _ [Bm] _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ [F#] _ _ _
[Bm] _ _ [A] _ _ [F#] _ _ [Bm] _ _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _ [G] _ [Bm] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ It's sixteen [A] pretty maidens, [F#m] to come and [Bm] carry my coffin. _
It's sixteen [A] pretty maidens, [F#] to come and sing me a song.
[Bm] And tell [A] her to bring some of them [F#] [Bm] sweet smelling roses.
_ So they [E] can't smell me, [F#] as they told [Bm] me along.
_ _ [F#m] _ [Bm] _ _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ [Bm] _ [C#m] _
[Bm] _ _ [A] _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _
[Bm] _ _ [A] _ _ [F#] _ _ [Bm] _ _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ [G] _ [Bm] _ _
_ _ [B] _ [Bm] _ _ _ Beat [A] the drums slowly, [F#] and play [Bm] the pipe lowly. _
Play [A] the death march, [F#] as you carry me along.
[Bm] And throw [A] bunches of lilies, all [F#] [Bm] over my coffin.
[Bm] _
There goes a [E] poor cowboy, [Bm] that don't need darn wrong.
_ _ Early [A] one morning, past the [Bm] St.
James Hospital.
_ _ Early [A] one morning, [F#] in the month of May.
[Bm] When I look through [A] the window, [F#] and I spot [Bm] a dear cowboy.
_ It was a dear [E] cowboy, [G] [F#m] as cold [Bm] as the clay.
_ [F#m] _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _
James Hospital.
_ [Bm] _ Early [A] one morning, [F#] morning the month of May.
[Bm] When I looked through [A] the window, and [F#] I spied [Bm] a deer cowboy. _ _
It was a deer [E] cowboy, [F#m] as [Bm] cold as the glade.
_ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ Sit [A] ye down by me, [F#] and hear my sad [Bm] story. _ _
Sit ye [A] down by me, [F#] and sing me a song.
[Bm] For my forehead [A] is aching, [F#] and my sad [Bm] heart is breaking.
_ I'm a [E] poor cowboy, [Bm] that don't need darn wrong. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ [F#] _ [B] _ _ [Bm] _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _
[Bm] _ _ [A] _ _ [F#] _ _ [Bm] _ _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _ [Bm] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
Send [A] for that doctor, [F#] to come and heal [Bm] up my body. _ _
And send [A] for that preacher, [F#] to come and pray for my soul.
[Bm] For my forehead [A] is aching, and my [F#] sad [Bm] heart is breaking.
_ I'm a [E] poor cowboy, [G] [F#] and hell is [Bm] my doom.
_ [C#] _ _ [Bm] _ _ [E] _ [Bm] _
_ _ [A] _ _ [F#] _ [Bm] _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ [F#] _ _ _
[Bm] _ _ [A] _ _ [F#] _ _ [Bm] _ _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _ [G] _ [Bm] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ It's sixteen [A] pretty maidens, [F#m] to come and [Bm] carry my coffin. _
It's sixteen [A] pretty maidens, [F#] to come and sing me a song.
[Bm] And tell [A] her to bring some of them [F#] [Bm] sweet smelling roses.
_ So they [E] can't smell me, [F#] as they told [Bm] me along.
_ _ [F#m] _ [Bm] _ _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ [Bm] _ [C#m] _
[Bm] _ _ [A] _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _
[Bm] _ _ [A] _ _ [F#] _ _ [Bm] _ _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ [G] _ [Bm] _ _
_ _ [B] _ [Bm] _ _ _ Beat [A] the drums slowly, [F#] and play [Bm] the pipe lowly. _
Play [A] the death march, [F#] as you carry me along.
[Bm] And throw [A] bunches of lilies, all [F#] [Bm] over my coffin.
[Bm] _
There goes a [E] poor cowboy, [Bm] that don't need darn wrong.
_ _ Early [A] one morning, past the [Bm] St.
James Hospital.
_ _ Early [A] one morning, [F#] in the month of May.
[Bm] When I look through [A] the window, [F#] and I spot [Bm] a dear cowboy.
_ It was a dear [E] cowboy, [G] [F#m] as cold [Bm] as the clay.
_ [F#m] _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _