Ballad Of Spider John(Chords)

	        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 



            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 

Verse 4:

Am                   C 
Spider, he loved his Lily so much 
   D                     G                       Am 
He could not confess his sins, for he knew if he did 
      C                   G 
She'd surely take her leave 
                      Am                  C 
But you know that the word got around and Lily left town 
       D              G 
And he never saw her again 
Am                   C                          D 
Tossing and turning, causing his heart to grieve 



            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 5:
 
Am             C 
That is all my story 
     D                         G                    Am 
It's been at least thirty years since I took to the road 
           C                G 
To find my precious jewel one 
       Am            C 
Oh and if you see my Lily 
          D             G 
Won't you give her my regards 
             Am                        C                 G 
Tell her old Spider got tangled in the black web that he spun 
                       Am                        C                 G 
Just tell her that old Spider got tangled in the black web that he spun