Misc Traditional – The Streets Of Laredo (Guitar)

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Chords

C                                   Em
As I walked out in the streets of Laredo

Am                  D7         G
As I walked out in Laredo one day

C                                         Am
I spied a young cowboy all wrapped in white linen

D7                         G            C
Wrapped in white linen as cold as the clay

C                G     Em               Am
I see by your outfit that you are a cowboy

D7                            G
These words he did say as I boldly walked by

C                    G     Em             Am
Come sit down beside me and hear my sad story

D7                          G           C
I'm shot in the breast and I know I must die

C                              E7
It was once in the saddle I used to go dashing

Am             D7               G
Once in the saddle I used to go gay

C                           Em         Am
First down to Rosie's and then to the card house

D7                              G7     C
Got shot in the breast and I'm dying today

C                G        Em
Get sixteen gamblers to carry my coffin

Am                    D7            G
Get six jolly cowboys to sing me a song

C                 G           Em
Take me to the graveyard and lay the sod o'er me

Am                 D7           G             C
For I'm a young cowboy and I know I've done wrong

C                  G                Em
Get six jolly cowboys to carry my coffin

Am                 D7                G
Get six pretty maidens to sing me a song

C                          Em
Take me to the valley and lay the sod o'er me

Am                 D7         G           C
For I'm a young cowboy, I know I've done wrong

G                             Em             Am
Oh beat the drum slowly and play the fife lowly

Am                             D7      G
Play the Dead March as they carry me along

C                 G       Em      Am
Put bunches of roses all over my coffin

Am                 D7          G   C
Roses to deaden the clods as they fall

C              G                    Em
As I walked out in the streets of Laredo

Am              D7             G
As I walked out in Laredo one day

C                 G           Em
I spied a young cowboy all wrapped in white linen

Am                  D7      G         C
Wrapped in white linen as cold as the clay