St. John the Gambler by Townes Van Zandt Lyric and Guitar Chords

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If you are looking for St. John the Gambler guitar chords, you’ve come to the right place.
You can play St. John the Gambler by Townes Van Zandt using guitar or guitar.
This song by Townes Van Zandt can also be played by that instruments.
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St. John the Gambler guitar chords has rhythm and included in Our Mother the Mountain (1969) album.
You can also find another musical genres, including jazz guitar chords, country music guitar chords, pop guitar chords, world music guitar chords, and rock guitar chords here.

St. John the Gambler by Townes Van Zandt Guitar Chords


Townes Van Zandt

capo: 4th fret

Well she had twenty years when she turned to her mother
Sayin’, “Mother I know that you’ll grieve,
but I’ve given my soul to St. John The Gambler
Tomorrow comes time to leave.

Well the hills cannot hold back my sorrow forever
Dead men lie deep ’round my door,
of the only salvation that’s mine for the askin’
So mother think on me no more.”

The winter howled high ’round the mountain’s breast,
and the cold of a thousand snows
Lay heaped upon the forest sleep.
She dressed in Calico.

For a gambler likes his women fancy,
fancy she would be
And the fires 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,
stumbled to her death.

And she heard his laughter right down from the mountain,
and it 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.

If you want to learn Townes Van Zandt St. John the Gambler guitar chords, The 5 chords we’ll look at are the C major, A major, G major, E major, and D major.
The reason we use all major chords is that the minor versions of any of these chords just require tiny adjustments.
Each one of those minor chords is completely based on its major counterpart

The more you practice, the easier guitar will feel to play St. John the Gambler. Guitar is hard to learn in the beginning, but gets easier the longer you stick with it.

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