Seasick Steve - St Louis Slim Tabs

[Intro]
    G(I)                    x3 C(IV)     Bb(bIII)  x1
D|--------------------------||----------------------|
B|----3--3p1--0-------------||-------5----------3---|
G|----0--0~~--3p0-x------x--||--55~~--5-----3~~--3--|
D|--------------------------||----------------------|
G|-0~~~~~--------x--3p0-x---||-5---------3----------|
D|--------------------------||----------------------|
                               w/slide
 
[Verse]
    G(I)                   x2-4 C(IV)    Bb(bIII)   x1
D|--------------------------||----------------------|
B|---(3)--------------------||-------5----------3---|
G|----3b~p0-----x-------x---||---5~~--5-----3~~--3--|
D|--------------------------||----------------------|
G|-0--------3p0--x--3p0--x--||-5---------3----------|
D|--------------------------||----------------------|
 
(first time round there are only 2 bars of the G riff, but thereafter it's x4)
 
[Chorus]
   G                      x1 C    Bb   G                       x3 C   Bb x1
D|------------------------||---------|-------------------------||--------||
B|-1h3~--3-3p1----3p1-----||-5----3--|----3--3p1--0~~----------||-5---3--||
G|-0----------3p0-----3p0-||-5----3--|----0--0~~--3p0----------||-5---3--||
D|------------------------||-5----3--|-------------------------||-5---3--||
G|------------------------||-5----3--|-0--------------0-3p0-0--||-5---3--||
D|------------------------||---------|-------------------------||--------||
 
 
Intro
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(spoken) Now Bensenville is a train yard, up near Chicago
 
[G]And the bumpers y'all, well that's
[G]Just the couplings between the freight cars
[G]  And Cali is
[C]California that's [Bb]what that mean
 
[G]And a choke-picker that's someone who picks
[G]Artichokes
[G]Now you got the story, y`all...
[C]     [Bb]
 
Verse 1
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[G]D'you hear St Louis Slim [G]lost a leg
He [C]just [Bb]outside Bensenville
[G]  [G]
[G]For some damn reason he was [G]Riding on the bumpers
[C]Acting like a [Bb]young man will
 
[G]  [G]
[G]And now the last we spoke he was
[G]Going down to Memphis
[C]Said he [Bb]got himself a girl
[G]  [G]
[G]Said going quiiiit, [G]riding these here rails
[C]Give himself [Bb]back to the world
 
Chorus
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[G]But [C]me I'm [Bb]going out to Cali[G]
[C]I believe that's [Bb]where I first met him[G]
[C]So boys let's [Bb]put our coins together[G]
 
And [C]drink a bottle [Bb]to St Louis Slim
 
Verse 2
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Intro riff:
   [G]    well[G]      [G]   Awlright[C]  [Bb]
   [G]        [G]      [G]           [C]  [Bb]
 
[G]I hear they looking for choke pickers out in [G]Watsonville
You're [C]welcome [Bb]to tag along
 
[G]  [G]
And [G]maybe someday when I'm [G]old and grey
I'll [C]write this day [Bb]down in a song
 
Chorus (2:05)
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[G]Well in the [C]meantime I'm [Bb]going out to Cali[G]
[C]I believe that's [Bb]where I first met him[G]
[C]So boys let's [Bb]put our coins together[G]
[C]Drink a bottle [Bb]to St Louis slim[G]
[C]And drink a bottle [Bb]to St. Louis Slim[G]
 
And [C]drink a bottle [Bb]to St. Louis Slim
 
Intro G riff x3:
   [G]   [G] You remember him [G] You remember him
 
Chorus
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[G]Well in the [C]meantime I'm [Bb]going out to Cali[G]
[C]I believe that's [Bb]where I first met him[G]
[C]So boy' let's [Bb]put our coin' together[G]
[C]Drink a bottle [Bb]to St Louis Slim[G]
[C]Drink one bottle [Bb]to St Louis Slim[G]
[C]Drink one bottle [Bb]to St Louis Slim[G]
[C]Drink one bottle [Bb]to St Louis Slim[G]
 
And [C]drink one bottle [Bb]to St Louis,
[C]One bottle [Bb]to St Louis
[C]One bottle [Bb]to St Louis Slim