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