Willie Nelson – Streets Of Laredo (Guitar)

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From the album "Texas In My Soul" (1967) Spotify link: https://open.spotify.com/track/0ZZFFBPB7ykhPL99mGF79G?si=0908738f1685492a [Intro] | 1 2 3 | 1 2 3 | 1 2 3 | 1 2 3 | |==========|==========|==========|==========| | C | G7 | C | G7 | [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        C/G     G   C
Wrapped in white linen as cold as the clay
[Chorus]
    G              G7     C
Oh, beat the drum slowly, play the fife lowly

G                            A7        D7
 Sing the Death March as you carry me along

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

G                        D7             G7
I'm a young cowboy and I know I've done wrong
[Verse 2]
  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         C7     F            C/G    G    C
 Got shot in the breast and I know I must die"
[Chorus]
G               G7    C
 Beat the drum slowly, play the fife lowly

G                            A7        D7
 Sing the Death March as you carry me along

        G            G7       C
Take me to the green valleys, there lay the sod o'er me

G                         D7             G7
 I'm a young cowboy and I know I've done wrong
[Verse 3]
 C                G7    C                G7
"Go fetch me some water, a cool drink of water

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

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

C            C7     F          C/G   G    C
 He had gone to his Maker, the cowboy was dead
[Chorus]
G               G7    C
 Beat the drum slowly, play the fife lowly

G                            A7        D7
 Sing the Death March as you carry me along

        G                    C
Take me to the green valleys, there lay the sod o'er me

G                         D7             G7
 I'm a young cowboy and I know I've done wrong
[Outro]
C                         G7              C
 I'm a young cowboy and I known I've done wrong