Intro: Am (pull off index finger)
LAm DOSpider John is my name friend
I'm in between freights and sure would be obliged
DO SOLIf I could share your company
LAm DOI'm on my way to nowhere
Been runnin' from my past
LAm DO SOLrunnin' from the things I use to be-eeee
LAm DOnow I know my words sound strange to you
But if you wait till my song is sung and the story's told
DO SOLYou might come to understand
LAm DO RE SOL
How I'm old and bent and Devil sent, and runnin' out of time
LAm DO REWhen not long ago I held a Royal Flush in my hand
ChorusMIm MIm7
Oh, I was a Supermarket fool
LA7 MIm MIm7 LA7I was a motor bank stool-pidgeon, robbin' my hometown
I thought I lost my blues, yes I thought I paid my dues
FA DO SOL MImAnd I thought I'd found a life to suit my style
SOL FAAnd old Spider John, robber man
long, tall, and handsome
SOL FA DO LAmYes, old Spider John with a loaded hand, takin' ransom
DOThen one day I met Diamond Lil
and she was the sweetest thing, I declare
LAm DO SOLThat the summer wind had ever blown my way
LAm DO RE SOLBut Lil she had no idea, of my illustrious occupation
She thought I was a saint, not a sinner, gone astray-ay
LAm DO RESpider he loved his lady so much, he would not confess his sins
LAm DO SOLFor I knew if I did the lady would surely take her leave
But you know that the word got around and Lilly left town
RE SOLAnd he never saw her again
LAm DO RETossin' and turnin', 'causin' his heart to grieve
(repeat chorus)
LAm DOThat is all my story
RE LAmIt's been these thirty years since I took the road
To find my precious jewel one
LAm DO RE SOLIf you see my Lilly, won't you give her my regards?
LAm DO SOLTell her old Spider got tangled in the black web that he spun
You can tell her that Spider got tangled in the black web that he spu
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