Roy Orbison – Scarlet Ribbons (Guitar)

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Chords

This song has a 3/4 beat
[Intro]
   G             G
e|-------3-----|-------3-----| X2
B|-----0---0---|-----0---0---|
G|---0-------0-|---0-------0-|
D|-------------|-------------|
A|-------------|-------------|
E|-3-----------|-3-----------|
[Verse 1]
G        Am    D        G
I peeped in to say good night

C       D      C        G
Where I saw my child in prayer

G         Am      D       G
"Send for me some scarlet ribbons

C         D       C      G       D
- Scarlet ribbons for my hair"
[Verse 2]
G       Am          D7         G
All the stores were closed and shuttered

C         D            C        G
- All the streets were dark and bare

G      Am      D7      G
In our town no scarlet ribbons

C         D       C       G
- Scarlet ribbons for her hair
[Chorus]
G       Am       Bm        C
All the night my heart was aching

Am     Bm       C        G         D
Just before the dawn was breaking
[Verse 3]
G        Am     D7     G
I peeped in and on her bed

   C      D      C     G
In gay profusion lying there

G     Am     D7      G
I saw lovely scarlet ribbons

C         D       C       G
- Scarlet ribbons for her hair
[Chorus]
G    Am      Bm   C
If I live to be a hundred

Am     Bm    C         D7
I will never know from where
[Outro]
G          Am     D7      G
Came those lovely scarlet ribbons

C         D7      C   D   G      C G
- Scarlet ribbons for her hair