Marty Robbins – The Streets Of Laredo (Guitar)
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Chords
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
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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