Joan Baez – Scarlet Ribbons (Guitar)

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As recorded by Joan Baez (1958 recording from the 1964 Album JOAN BAEZ IN SAN FRANCISCO) [Intro] E B7 [Verse 1]
E        A     B7      E   A
I peeked in to say goodnight

       B7                E
Then I heard my child in prayer

         A   B7       E      A
"And for me, some scarlet ribbons

        B7             E
Scarlet ribbons for my hair"
[Verse 2]
        A           B7         E     A
All the stores were closed and shuttered

        B7                    E
All the streets were dark and bare

       A     B7         E   A
In our town, no scarlet ribbons

    B7                 E
Not one ribbon for her hair
[Bridge]
            B7       E           A
Through the night my heart was aching

       B        E                B7
Just before the dawn was breaking
[Verse 3]
E        A      B7     E
I peeked in and on her bed

   A      E7           E
In gay profusion lying there

       A    B7          E    A
Lovely ribbons, scarlet ribbons

        B7              E
Scarlet ribbons for her hair
[Outro]
E                        A
If I live to be a hundred

       B7    E             B7
I will never know from where

E       A      B7         E    A
Came those lovely scarlet ribbons

        B7      A   B7  E A  E
Scarlet ribbons for her hair