Willis Alan Ramsey – The Ballad Of Spider John chords

THE BALLARD OF SPIDER JOHN - Willis Alan Ramsey



Am                   C   Spider John is my name friends
    D                                         AmI'm in between freights and sure would be obliged
           C                G Cadd9 GIf I could share your compa-ny
    Am           C               D               GI'm on my way to nowhere... Been runnin' from my past
Am               C                G   Cadd9 GRunnin' from the things I used to beeee-ee-ee

       Am                  CNow, I know my words sound strange to you
           D                                         AmBut if you wait till my song is sung and the story's told
          C             G    Cadd9 GYou might come to under-stand
        Am               C                D              GWhy I'm old and bent and Devil spent, and runnin' out of time
         Am                C                 DWhen not long ago I held a Royal Flush in my hand


CHORUS
        Em          Em7I was a supermarket fool
        A7                        Em  Em7             A7I was a motor bank stool pidgeon,     robbin' my home-town
  Em                  Em7           A7I thought I'd lost my blues. Yes, I thought I'd paid my dues
  F                   C               Em    Em7 I thought I'd found a life to suit my style
        G                F           C                 AmAnd old Spider John, the robber man... long, tall, and handsome
         G                  F            C        AmYes, old Spider John with a loaded hand,   takin' ransom


Am                    C   Then one day I met Diamond Lil
DShe was the sweetest thing, I declare,
         Am              C             G  Cadd9 GThat the summer wind had ever blown my way
Am              C             D              GLil, she had no idea of my il-lustrious occu-pation
    Am                           C             G     Cadd9 GShe thought I was a saint, not a sinner gone a-straaay-aaay

 
Am                   C                 DSpider, he loved his Lilly so much, he could not confess his sins
                  Am             C               G    Cadd9 GFor he knew if he did, she would surely take her leave
                      Am                  CBut you know that the word got around and Lilly left town
       D               GAnd he never saw her a-gain
Am                   C                    DTossin' and turnin', causin' his heart to grieve


[REPEAT CHORUS]


Am                C   That is all my story
     D                                           AmIt's been these thirty years since I took to the road
           C              G  Cadd9 GTo find my precious jewel one
Am            C                D              GIf you see my Lilly, won't you give her my re-gards?
             Am                        C                 G Tell her ol' Spider got tangled in the black web that he spun
                     Am                        C                 G   Cadd9 GYou can tell her ol' Spider got tangled in the black web that he spun