| Song Name: | St. James Infirmary (my version) | By: | Joe Primrose |
| Posted By: | WaltP | Difficulty: | Any |
| Key: | G | Genre: | Blues |
| Harp Type: | Diatonic | ||
| Created: | 2008-08-08 01:08:24 | Modified: | 0000-00-00 00:00:00 |
| Song: | When will I ev-er stop moan-in�
7 7 -6 7 -6 -7 -6 8 When will I ev-er smile? 7 7 -6 7 -7 -6 My ba-by went and left me, -8 -8 -6 -9 8 -8 -6 She�ll be gone a long, long while. 7 -6 7 -6 7 7 -7 I feel so blue and heart-bro-ken, 7 7 -6 7 -6 -7 -6 8 What am I liv-ing for? 7 7 -6 7 -7 -6 My ba-by went and left me, -8 -8 -6 -8 -8 -8 -6 Nev-er to come back no more. 7 -6 7 -6 7 7 -7 I went down to St. James In-firm-�ry 8 8 8 8 -8 8 8 7 -6 Heard my ba- by groan, 8 8 -10 -9 8 I felt so bro-ken heart-ed, 8 8 8 -8 8 7 -6 She used to be my own. -6 7 7 7 -7 -6 I tried to keep from cry-in� 8 8 8 -8 8 7 -6 My heart felt just like lead, 8 8 8 -10 -9 8 She was all I had to live for, 8 8 8 8 -8 8 7 -6 I wished that it was me in-stead. -6 -6 -7 7 7 7 -7 -6 Play two more times, then: When I die I want you to dress me -6 7 8 8 8 8 8 -8 -8 In straight lace shoes, 8 8 7 -6 Box back coat and a stet-son hat 8 8 8 8 8 -10 -9 8 Put a twen-ty dol-lar gold piece -6 7 8 8 8 8 -8 -8 On my watch chain, so the boy�s 8 8 7 -6 -6 -7 7 �ll know that I died stand-ing pat 7 7 7 7 7 -7 -7 -678-10 I play this song on a 14-hole diatonic, Not the Steve Baker model. It sounds OK On a G harp. |
