Johnny Cash – Streets Of Laredo (Guitar)
Capo 3
Key
-
Versions
(2)
Guitar
Ukulele
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Speed:
1.0x
Chords
[Intro]
G
[Verse]
G D7 G D7 As I walked out on the streets of Laredo G C G D7 As I walked out on Laredo one day G D7 G D7 I spied a young cowboy all wrapped in white linen G C D7 G Wrapped in white linen as cold as the clay G D7 G D7 "I can see by your outfit that you are a cowboy" G C G D7 These words he did say as I boldly walked by G D7 G D7 "Come and sit down beside me and hear my sad story G C D7 G I'm shot in the breast and I know I must die"
[Verse]
G D7 G D7 "It was once in the saddle, I used to go dashing G C G D7 Once in the saddle, I used to go gay G D7 G D7 First to the card-house and then down to Rose's G C D7 G But I'm shot in the breast and I'm dying today G D7 G D7 Get six jolly cowboys to carry my coffin G C G D7 Six dance-hall maidens to bear up my pall G D7 G D7 Throw bunches of roses all over my coffin G C D7 G Roses to deaden the clods as they fall"
[Chorus]
G C "Then beat the drum slowly, play the Fife lowly G A D7 Play the dead march as you carry me along G C Take me to the green valley, lay the sod o'er me G D7 G I'm a young cowboy and I know I've done wrong"
[Verse]
G D7 G D7 "Then go write a letter to my grey-haired mother G C G D7 And tell her the cowboy that she loved has gone G D7 G D7 But please not one word of the man who had killed me G C D7 G Don't mention his name and his name will pass on" G D7 G D7 When thus he had spoken, the hot sun was setting G C G D7 The streets of Laredo grew cold as the clay G D7 G D7 We took the young cowboy down to the green valley G C D7 G And there stands his marker we made to this day
[Chorus]
G C We beat the drum slowly, played the Fife lowly G A D7 Played the dead march as we carried him along G C Down in the green valley, laid the sod over him G D7 G He was a young cowboy and he said he'd done wrong