Streets Of Laredo Chords by Johnny Cash

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_ As I [Fm] walked out on the streets of [F] _
Laredo,
[Bb] As I [Eb] walked out [Bb] on Laredo [F] one day,
[Bb] I spied a [F] young cowboy [Bb] all wrapped in [F] white linen,
[Bb] Wrapped in [Eb] white linen as cold [Bb] as the clay.
_ _ I can see by your [F] outfit that [Bb] you are a [F] cowboy,
These [Bb] words he did [Eb] say as I [Bb] _ boldly walked [F] by.
[Bb] Come and sit down [F] beside me [Bb] and hear my sad [C] story,
I'm [Bb] shot in the [Eb] breast and I [Fm] know I must die. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ It was once in the [F] saddle _ [Bb] I used to go [F] dashing,
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Once in [Eb] the saddle [Bb] I used to go [F] gay,
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First to the card house and then down to Roses,
[Bb] But I'm shot in the [Eb] breast and [Fm] I'm dying [Bb] today. _ _ _
_ Get six jolly [F] _
cowboys [Bb] to carry [F] my coffin,
_ [Bb] Six [Eb] dancehall maidens [Bb] to bear up [F] my paw,
[Bb] Throw bunches [F] of roses [Bb] all over [F] my coffin.
_ [Bb] _ Roses [Eb] to deaden [F] the clods as [Bb] they fall.
_ _ Then beat the drum slowly, _
[Eb] play the fife lowly, _
Play the dead march as you [C] carry me [F] along.
[Bb] Take me to the Green Valley, _
[Eb] lay the sod o'er me,
[Bb] I'm a young cowboy [F] and I know I've [Bb] done wrong. _
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_ Then go write [F] a letter [Bb] to my grey-haired mother,
And tell her [Eb] the cowboy [Bb] that she loved is gone,
But please not one [F] word [Bb] of the man who had [F] killed me,
[Bb] Don't mention his name [F] and his name [Bb] will pass on. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ When thus he [F] had spoken the hot sun was setting,
The streets of [Eb] Laredo [Bb] grew cold [F] as the clay,
[Bb] We took the [F] young cowboy [Bb]
down to the [F] Green Valley,
[Bb] And there stands [Eb] his marker [F] we made to [Bb] this day. _
_ We beat the drum slowly, [Eb] play the fife lowly,
[Bb] Play the dead march as [C] we carried him [F] along.
_ [Bb] Down in the Green Valley, [Eb] lay the sod o'er him,
He was a young cowboy and [F] he said he'd [Bb] done wrong. _ _ _ _
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