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THE BALLARD OF SPIDER JOHN - Willis Alan RamseyAm Spider John is my Cname friends I'm Din between freights and sure would be obliAmged If I could Cshare your compa-GnyCadd9 G I'm Amon my way to Cnowhere... Been Drunnin' from my Gpast AmRunnin' from the Cthings I used to GbeeeCadd9e-ee-eGeNow, I Amknow my words sound Cstrange to you But if you Dwait till my song is sung and the story's Amtold You might Ccome to under-GstandCadd9 G Why I'm Amold and bent and CDevil spent, and Drunnin' out of Gtime When not Amlong ago I held a CRoyal Flush in my DhandCHORUSI was a Emsupermarket Em7fool I was a A7motor bank stool pidgeon, Em Em7robbin' my home-A7town I Emthought I'd lost my Em7blues. Yes, I A7thought I'd paid my dues I Fthought I'd found a Clife to suit my Emstyle Em7 And old GSpider John, the Frobber man..C. long, tall, and Amhandsome Yes, old GSpider John with a Floaded hand, C takin' AmransomAm Then one day I met CDiamond Lil DShe was the sweetest thing, I declare, That the Amsummer wind had Cever blown my GwayCadd9 G AmLil, she had no Cidea of my il-Dlustrious occu-Gpation She Amthought I was a saint, not a Csinner gone a-GstraaaCadd9y-aaayGAmSpider, he loved his CLilly so much, he Dcould not confess his sins For he knew if he Amdid, she would Csurely take her GleaveCadd9 G But you know that the Amword got around and CLilly left town And he Dnever saw her a-Ggain AmTossin' and turnin', Ccausin' his heart to Dgrieve[REPEAT CHORUS]Am That is all my Cstory It's Dbeen these thirty years since I took to the Amroad To find my Cprecious jewel GoneCadd9 G AmIf you see my CLilly, won't you Dgive her my re-Ggards? Tell her ol' AmSpider got tangled in the Cblack web that he Gspun You can tell her ol' AmSpider got tangled in the Cblack web that he GspunCadd9 G