RAMSEY WILLIS ALAN - "the ballad of spider john" Tablature

@SONG: "The Ballad of Spider John"
@CHORDS: Michael D. Montgomery (Bonzjivar@aol.com)
Willis Allen Ramsey ("Willis Allen Ramsey")

Intro: Am (pull off index finger)
Am C
Spider John is ....
D Am
I'm in between freights and sure ....
C G
If I could ....
Am C
I'm on my ...
D G
Been runnin' ....
Am C G
runnin' from the things ...
Am C
now I know my words ...
D Am
But if you wait till my song is ...
C G
You might come ...

Am C D G
How I'm old and bent and Devil sent, ....
Am C D
When not long ago I held a ...

Chorus:
Em Em7
Oh, I was a ...
A7 Em Em7 A7
I was a motor bank stool-pidgeon...
Em Em7 A7
I thought I lost my blues, yes I ....
F C G Em
And I thought I'd found a ...
G F
And old Spider ...
C Am
long, tall, ...
G F C Am
Yes, old Spider John with a ...
C
Then one day I met ...
D
and she was the sweetest ...
Am C G
That the summer wind had ...
Am C D G
But Lil she had no idea, of my ...
Am C G
She thought I was a saint, not a ...
Am C D
Spider he loved his lady so much, he ...
Am C G
For I knew if I did the lady would ...
Am C
But you know that the word got ...
D G
And he never ...
Am C D
Tossin' and turnin', ...

(repeat chorus)
Am C
That is all ...
D Am
It's been these thirty years ...
C G
To find my ...
Am C D G
If you see my Lilly, won't ....
Am C G
Tell her old Spider got tangled ....
Am C G
You can tell her that Spider got ...


Additions/corrections are welcome