St James Hospital Chords
by Doc Watson
St James Hospital by Doc Watson is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of Bm with a capo on the 2st fret. It uses the chords Am, G, E7 and Dm. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro: Am
Am G E7 Am
Early one morning at the St. James Hospital
Am G E7
Early one morning morn in the month of May
Am G E7 Am
When I looked through the window and a'spied a dear cowboy
Am Dm E7 Am
A dear cowboy as cold as the clay
Am G E7 Am
Set ye down by me and hear my sad story
Am G E7
Set ye down by me and sing me a song
Am G E7 Am
For my poor head is aching and my sad heart is breaking
Am Dm E7 Am
I'm a poor cowboy that knowed he done wrong
Am G E7 Am
Send for that doctor to come n'heal up my body
Am G E7
And send for the preacher to come and pray for my soul
Am G E7 Am
For my poor head is aching and my sad heart is breaking
Am Dm E7 Am
I'm a poor cowboy and hell is my doom
Am G E7 Am
Get sixteen pretty maidens to come and carry my coffin
Am G E7
Sixteen pretty maidens to come and sing me a song
Am G E7 Am
And tell 'em to bring some o'them sweet smelling roses
Am Dm E7 Am
So they can't smell me as they tote me along
Am G E7 Am
Beat the drums slowly and play the fife lowly
Am G E7
Play the death march as ye carry me along
Am G E7 Am
Throw bunches of lilies all over my coffin
Am Dm E7 Am
Thare goes a poor cowboy that knowed he done wrong.