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Intro: Am (pulloff w/ index finger)
1)
LAm DO
"Spider John" is my name friend,
RE LAm
I'm in between freights and I sure would be obliged
DO SOL
if you'd share your company.
LAm DO
I know this may sound strange to you,
RE LAm
but if you wait till the song is sung and the story is told,
DO SOL
you might come to understand.
LAm DO RE SOL
Oh, I'm old and bent and Devil sent; runnin' out of time.
LAm DO RE
When I long ago held a Royal Flush in my hand...
(Chorus )
MIm
Oh, I was a Supermarket fool,
LA7 MIm LA7
I was a motor bank stool-pidgeon, robbin' my hometown.
MIm LA7
I thought I lost my blues, yes I thought I paid my dues,
FA DO SOL
I thought I'd found a life to suit my style.
SOL FA
But here I sit old Spider John the robber-man,
DO LAm
long, tall, and handsome.
SOL FA DO LAm
Yes, old Spider John with a loaded hand, takin' ransom.
2)
Then one day I met Diamond Lill.
She was the sweetest thing, I declare,
that the summer breeze had ever blown my way. (yea)
But Lilly she had no idea, of my illustrious occupation,
she thought I was a saint, not a sinner, gone astray. (yea)
But you see that word got around and Lilly left town,
I never saw her again.
Tossin' and turnin', 'causin' my heart to grieve...
(repeat chorus)
3)
That is all my story;
It's been these thirty years since I took the road,
to find my precious jewel one.
And if you see my Lilly, won't you give her my regards?
Tell her old Spider got tangled in the black web that he spun.
You can tell her old Spider got tangled the black web that he spun.
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