St James Infirmary Bass

Album: Let Them Talk, A Celebration of New Orleans Blues
Song: St. James Infirmary
 
(The bassline is played on the doublebass, suits with electric bass as well)
 
[Intro] (0:54 - 2:40)
G |-----------------|-----------------|
D |----5~-----------|---5~------------|
A |------------5~---|-----------5~----| x32
E |-----------------|-----------------|
 
 
 
[Verse] (2:41 - 5:58)
G |-------------6~-5p4--|-------------6~-5p4--|
D |--2~---5~------------|--2~---5~------------|
A |---------------------|---------------------| x46
E |---------------------|---------------------|
 
(The bassline repeats itself over the whole song with slight variations)
 
 
 
Lyrics:
 
I went down, to St James Infirmary
 
Saw my baby there
 
She was stretched out on a long white table
 
So cold, so sweet, so sweet, so fair
 
Let her go, let her go, God bless her
 
Wherever she may be
 
She can search this whole wide world over
 
She won't ever find another man like me
 
When I die, bury me in straight laced shoes
 
A box backed suit and a Stetson hat
 
Put a 20 dollar gold piece on my watch chain
 
So the boys'll know I died standin' pat
 
 
| h  Hammer-on
| p  Pull-off
| /  Slide up
| \  Slide down
| ~  Vibrato
| b  Bend
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