Ballad Of Spider John by Jimmy Buffett
Key: AmAm | Capo: 0fr |  Left-Handed 

    


Intro:  Am (pulloff w/ index finger)
1)
    Am                C
  "Spider John" is my name friend,
   D                                           Am
  I'm in between freights and I sure would be obliged
           C               G
  if you'd share your company.
    Am                    C
  I know this may sound strange to you,
        D                                               Am
  but if you wait till the song is sung and the story is told,
            C            G
  you might come to understand.
          Am               C           D              G
  Oh, I'm old and bent and Devil sent; runnin' out of time.
          Am             C                 D
  When I long ago held a Royal Flush in my hand...
(Chorus:)
                 Em
     Oh, I was a Supermarket fool,
             A7                         Em            A7
     I was a motor bank stool-pidgeon,  robbin' my hometown.
         Em                           A7
     I thought I lost my blues, yes I thought I paid my dues,
        F                  C               G
     I thought I'd found a life to suit my style.
                         G               F
      But here I sit old Spider John the robber-man,
     C               Am
      long, tall, and handsome.
                G                   F          C        Am
      Yes, old Spider John with a loaded hand,  takin' ransom.