Ballad Of Spider John - Benjamin Tod Chords
Chords: Am, C, D, G, Em, A7, F, C/B
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Genre: folk, country, blues
Standard tuning, no Capo
[Intro]
Am C
D G
Am C G
[Verse 1]
Am C
Spider John is my name, friends
D G
Between freights and I sure would be obliged
Am C G
If I could share your company
Am C
I'm on my way to nowhere
D G
I've been running from my past
Am C G
Running from the things I used to be
[Verse 2]
Am C
And I know my words sound strange to you
D G Am
But if you wait till my song is sung and my story's told
C G
You might come to understand
Am C
Why I'm old and bent and devil-spent
D G
And I'm running out of time
Am C D
When not long ago, boys, I held a royal flush in my hand
[Chorus]
Em A7
Oh, I was a supermarket fool, I was a roll-the-bank, stool pigeon
Em A7
Robbing my hometown
Em A7
I thought I'd paid my dues, Lord I thought I'd lost my blues
F C Am
I thought I'd found the life to suit my style
G F C
Spider John, the robber man
C C/B Am
Long, tall and handsome
G F C
Spider John with the loaded hand
C C/B Am
Taking ransom
[Verse 3]
Am C
Then one day I met Diamond Lil
D G
She was the prettiest thing, I declare
Am C G
That the summer wind had ever blown my way
Am C
Lily had no idea
D G
Of my illustrious occupation
Am C G
She thought I was a saint, not a sinner gone astray
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