Chords for Burl Ives - Cowboy's Lament

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_ _ _ _ [Bbm] As I [C] walked out in [F] the streets of _ Laredo, As I walked out in Laredo one [C] day,
[Bb] I spied [C] a young cowboy [F] all wrapped in white linen,
_ Wrapped in [Bbm] white linen [C] as cold as [F] the clay.
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I see [C] by your outfit [F] that you are a cowboy, _ These words he did [C] say as I boldly walked
by, Come sit down beside me and [F] hear my sad
story, I'm [Bb] shot in the breast [C] and I know I [F] must die. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ It was once in the [C] saddle [F] I used to go dashing,
_ Once in the saddle I used to go [C] gay, _ [Db] First [C] down to Rosie's [F] and then to the card
house, Got [Bbm] shot in the [F] breast and I'm dying _ today. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ Get _
[C] sixteen gamblers to [Bb] handle [F] my coffin, Get six jolly [Bb]
cowboys to sing me a song, _ _
Take me to the graveyard [Db] and lay the [F]
sod o'er me,
[Bb] For I'm a young cowboy [C] and no I've done [F] wrong. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ Get six [C] jolly cowboys [F] to carry my coffin, Get six pretty maidens to sing me a [C] song,
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Take [C] me to the valley [F] and lay the sod o'er me,
For I'm [Bb] a young [C] cowboy and no [F] I've done wrong. _ _
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Oh, beat the drum [C] slowly [F] and play the fife lowly,
_ Play the dead march as they carry me [C]
along, [Bb] Put _ [C] bunches of roses all [F] over my coffin, _ _
[Bb] Roses to dead and [C] the clods as [F] they fall. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ As I [C] walked out in [F] the streets of Laredo, As I walked out in _ Laredo [C] one day,
[Bbm] I spied [C] a young cowboy [F] all wrapped in white linen,
_ _ Wrapped [Bb] in white linen [C] as cold [F] as the glade.
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