Misc Soundtrack – Bang The Drum Slowly - Streets Of Laredo (Guitar)
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Music by: Traditional ("The Unfortunate Rake")
Lyrics by: Frank H. Maynard
Performed by Tom Ligon on the soundtrack of the film "BANG THE DRUM SLOWLY" (1973)
[Verse 1]
D A7 D A7 As I was a'walkin the streets of Laredo D G D A7 As I walked out in Laredo one day D A7 D A7 I spied a young cowboy all wrapped in white linen D G A7 D Wrapped in white linen as cold as the clay.
[Verse 2]
D A7 D A7 I seen by his outfit that he was a cowboy D G D A7 And as I walked near him these words he did sigh: D A7 D A7 "Come sit down beside me and hear my sad story D G A7 D Shot in the breast and I know I must die"
[Verse 3]
D A7 D A7 "It was once in the saddle, I used to go dashing D G D A7 Once in the saddle, I used to go gay D A7 D A7 First down to Rosie's and then to the card-house D G A7 D Shot in the breast and I'm dying today"
[Verse 4]
D A7 D A7 "Get sixteen gamblers to carry my coffin D G D A7 Get six pretty maidens to sing me a song. D A7 D A7 Take me to the valley and lay the sod o'er me D G A7 D I'm just a young cowboy and I know I done wrong"
[Chorus]
D A7 D A7 "Oh, bang the drum slowly, and play the fife lowly D G D A7 Play the dead march as they carry me along D A7 D A7 Put bunches of roses all over my coffin D G A7 D Roses to deaden the clods as they fall"