Streets Of Laredo Chords by Johnny Cash

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