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Introduction: Am
Am
Walking slow to the graveyard
Dm
I've lost everything I could lose
E7 Am
Now I've even lost my baby
Dm E Am
I guess I've got the drunkard's blues
E Am
It was down at Big Joe's barroom
Dm
on the corner beyond the square
E7 Am
Everybody drinkin' good liquor
Dm E7 Am
the regular crowd was there
E Am
So I strolls out on the sidewalk
Dm
began to look around
E7 Am
Looking everywhere for my baby
Dm E7 Am
but that sweet woman can't be found
E Am
It was down at St James infirmary
Dm
I found my baby there
E7 Am
Stretched out on a long white table
Dm E7 Am
so cold so pale so fair
E Am
So I strolled back down to the barroom
Dm
to get another drink of gin
E7 Am
The next thing you know I'm reeling
Dm E Am
rocking and drunk again
E Am
Sixteen coal black horses
Dm
all hitched up in a line
E7 Am
In that pretty buggy she's ridin'
Dm E7 Am
goodbye ol' gal of mine
E Am
Walking slow to the graveyard
Dm
I've lost everything I could lose
E7 Am
Now I've even lost my baby
Dm E Am
I guess I've got the drunker's blues