Marty Robbins – The Streets Of Laredo (Guitar)

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from the More gunfighter ballads and trail songs released 1960 A 1980 live show has M.R. playing this in E with a capo at 4, presumably to suit his voice. Original key of album track F Capo 5 [Chords]
 C        F        G7
EADGBe   EADGBe   EADGBe
332010 133211 323003 Intro tab picked guitar line:
  C             F             C        G     C              C           
e|-------------|-------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
B|----1---- ---|-----3-1-----|-----1--------|-----1--------|----1---------|
G|--0---0----0-|---2-----2---|---0---0----0-|---0---0----0-|---0---0----0-|
D|2-------2----|-3---------3-|-2-------3----|-2-------3----|-2-------3----|
A|-------------|-------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
E|-------------|-------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
As.... [Introduction] C F C G C C [Verse 1]
   C        G7          C           G7
As I walked out in the streets of Laredo

   C        F        C        G7
As I walked out in Laredo one day

  C             G7              C            G7
I spied a young cowboy, wrapped all in white linen

C                F         G7          C
Wrapped in white linen, as cold as the clay
[Verse 2]
    C             G7         C             G7
Oh, beat the drum slowly and play the fife lowly

C              F            C         G7   
Sing the Death March as you carry me along

     C         G7            C           G7   
Take me to the valley, there lay the sod o'er me

C           F          G7             C
I'm a young cowboy and know I've done wrong
[Verse 3]
  C           G7          C         G7
I see by your outfit that you are a cowboy

      C            F        C             G7
These words he did say as I boldly walked by

     C          G7          C           G7
Come sit down beside me and hear my sad story

    C           F            G7          C
Got shot in the breast and I know I must die
[Verse 4]
   C             G7      C           G7
Go fetch me some water a cool cup of water

   C               F             C           G7   
To cool my parched lips then the poor cowboy said

  C        G7         C          G7
Before I returned his spirit had left him

    C           F         G7         C
Had gone to his maker the cowboy was dead
[Verse 5]
     C            G7         C             G7
Oh, beat the drum slowly and play the fife lowly

C              F            C         G7   
Sing the Death March as you carry me along

     C         G7            C           G7
Take me to the valley, there lay the sod o'er me

C           F          G7             C
I'm a young cowboy and know I've done wrong