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