Am E7 Am It was down at old Joe's bar room Am Fmaj7 C E7 At the corner by the square Am E7 Am Am/G They were serving drinks as usual Fmaj7 E7 Am And the usual crowd was there Am E7 Am On my left stood big Joe MacKennedy Am Fmaj7 C E7 His eyes were bloodshot red Am E7 Am Am/G And as he turned to the crowd around him Fmaj7 E7 Am These were the very words he said. Am E7 Am I went down to St. James Infirmary Am Fmaj7 C E7 I saw my baby there Am E7 Am Am/G Stretched out on a long, white table Fmaj7 E7 Am So young, so cold, so fair Am E7 Am Seventeen coal-black horses Am Fmaj7 C E7 Hitched to a rubber-tied hack Am E7 Am Am/G Seven girls goin' to the graveyard Fmaj7 E7 Am Only six of them are coming back Am E7 Am Let her go. Let her go, God bless her Am Fmaj7 C E7 Wherever she may be Am E7 Am Am/G She may search this wide world over Fmaj7 E7 Am And never find another man like me Am E7 Am When I die just bury me Am Fmaj7 C E7 In my high-top Stetson hat Am E7 Am Am/G Place a twenty-dollar gold piece on my watch chain Fmaj7 E7 Am My gang will know I died standing pat Am E7 Am I want six crap-shooters for my pallbearers Am Fmaj7 C E7 A chorus girl to sing me a song Am E7 Am Am/G Put a jazz band on my hearse wagon Fmaj7 E7 Am To raise hell as we roll along Am E7 Am Let her go. Let her go, God bless her Am Fmaj7 C E7 Wherever she may be Am E7 Am Am/G She may search this wide world over Fmaj7 E7 Am And never find sweet man like me Am E7 Am Now that you've heard my story Am Fmaj7 C E7 I'll take another shot of booze Am E7 Am Am/G And if anyone here should ask you Fmaj7 E7 Am I've got the gambler's blues Am E7 Am Let her go. Let her go, God bless her Am Fmaj7 C E7 Wherever she may be Am E7 Am Am/G She may search this wide world over Fmaj7 E7 Am And never find sweet man like me