WWW.AZCHORDS.COM | Townes Van Zandt - Saint John The Gambler Chords | Ver. 1
Though there are other tabs out there for this song, here it is in its original
key, from the album "Our Mother the Mountain"
Saint John the Gambler
Cm F#m Cm
Well she'd had twenty years when she turned to her mother
F#m Cm
Sayin', "Mother I know that you'll grieve.
E F#m A Cm
But I've given my soul to St. John The Gambler
E Ab(4)
And tomorrow comes time to leave,
F#m Cm
For the hills cannot hold back my sorrow forever
F#m Cm
And dead men lie deep 'round the door
E F#m A Cm
Of the only salvation that's mine for the askin'
Gm Cm
So mother think on me no more."
And winter howled high 'round the mountain's breast,
And the cold of a thousand snows
Lay heaped upon the forest's sleep
She dressed in Calico.
For a gambler likes his women fancy,
Fancy she would be
And the fire of her longing would keep 'way the cold,
and her dress was a sight to see.
But the road was long beneath her feet,
She followed her frozen breath
In search of a certain St. John The Gambler,
Stumbling to her death.
She heard his laughter right down from the mountain,
And danced with her mother's tears
To a funeral drone of Calico,
'neath a cross of twenty years.
To a funeral drone of Calico,
'neath a cross of twenty years.