Saint John The Gambler

CHORD: Esus4 :x20200

INTRO: Am

VERSE ONE

Am       Dm                                   Am
When she had twenty years...she turned to her mother
       Dm                           Am
Saying mother,...I know that you'll grieve
         C        Dm      F           Am
But I've given my soul to St John The Gambler
Am             Dm   Am
Tomorrow comes time leave.

        Dm                               Am
For the hills cannot hold back my sorrow forever
    Dm                          Am
And dead men lay deep round the door
    C      Dm            F            Am
The only salvation thats mine for the asking
                 G        Am
So mother, think on me no more

VERSE TWO

    Dm                                     Am
And winter howled high round the mountains breast
        Dm                 Am
And the cold of a thousand snows
    C      Dm        F      Am
Lay heaped upon the forests leaf
        Am         Dm     Am
But she dressed in cal -i -co.

      Dm                      Am
For a gambler likes his women fancy
Dm                 Am
...,Fancy she would be
        C           Dm            F            Am
And the fire of her longing would keep way the cold
        Am          G       Am
And her dress was a sight to see.

VERSE THREE

        Dm                        Am
But the road was long beneath her feet.
     Dm                 Am
She followed her frozen breath.
    C          Dm      F           Am
In search of a certain St John The Gambler
Am        Dm      Am
Stumbling to her death

    Dm                                     Am
She heard his laughter right down from the mountains
    Dm                      Am
And danced with her mothers tears.
     C       Dm       F    Am
To a funeral drone of cal-i-co.
          Am       Esus4  Am
Neath the cross of twenty years

TAGG
     C       Dm       F    Am
To a funeral drone of ca-li-co
                   G      Am     end
Neath the cross of twenty years