Chords for Connie Dover w John Hartford - The Streets of Laredo (The Sailor Cut Down in His Prime)

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[D] As I walked [G] out by [D] _ St.
_ [A] James _ _ Hospital,
_ _ [D] _ Cold was the morning [Bm] _ [G] and wet _ was [A] the _ _ _ day.
_ _ [D] Oh, who should I [G] _ spy but a [D]
handsome _ young [A] _ _ _ _
[D] sailor
All wrapped up [G] in flannel _ [A] and colder _ _ [D] _ than clay? _
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His poor old father _ and his dear [A] old _ mother
_ _ [D] Oft times did [Bm] _ warn of the [Em] gay city [A] _ _ _ _ _ life,
_ But [D] along with those [A] splash girls [Bm] his money _ [A] he _ _ _ _ squandered.
And [D] _ along with [G] those splash [Em] girls [A] he took _ his [D] _ delight. _ _
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_ [D] Then _ beat the drum [G] _ [E] over him, _ [D] _ play the fife [A] _ _ _ merrily, _
[D] _ _ Sound the dead march [Bm] as you [Em] carry [F#m] _ him _ [A] _ _ on. _ _ _
Take [G] him [D] to the _ _ churchyard and throw the [A] earth _ over _ him,
_ [D] _ [E] For [D] _ he's a [Em] young _ _ sailor _ [A]
cut _ down [F#m] in _ [D] _
his _ _ pride. _ _
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_ _ As I [C] walked out [G] in the streets of _ [D] _
Laredo,
_ [Em] As I [C] walked out in _ [Am] Laredo [D] one day,
_ _ _ [G] I spied a [C] young cowboy [G] _ wrapped [A] in white [D] linen,
_ _ _ [Em] Oh, wrapped in [C] white linen [D] as cold as [G] the clay. _
_ I _ [Bm] _ _ [G] _
see by [C] your outfit _ [G] that you wore a [D] cowboy,
_ _ _ [Em] These words he [C] did say [G] as I boldly [D] passed by,
_ _ _ [G] Come and sit [C] here beside [G] me and hear my [D] sad story.
_ _ _ [Em] I'm shot [C] in the breast and I know [D] I [G] must die,
_ _ So beat the [C] drum slowly [G] and play [A] the fife [D] _ lowly,
_ _ Play [Bm] the [C] dead march as [G] you carry me [D] _ along.
_ _ _ [G] Take me to the [C] green valley [G] and lay the sword over [D] me,
_ _ [Em] For I'm [C] a young cowboy [D] and I know I done [G] wrong. _ _ _ _ _
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[G] _ _ _ _ _ So beat the [C] drum slowly [G] and play the [D]
fife lowly,
_ _ _ Play [G] the dead march as you carry [D] me along.
_ _ _ [G] Take me to the [C] green valley [G] and lay the [D]
sword over _ me,
_ For [Em] I'm a [C] young cowboy [D] and I know I [G] done wrong.
_ It _ was once [C] in the saddle [G] I used [D] to go dashing, _ _ _ _
[Em] Once in [C] the saddle I galloped [D] away,
_ _ _ _ [G] It was [C] first to the _ [G] alehouse and then to [D] the _ courthouse.
_ _ [G] I'm shot in [C] the breast and [D] I'm [G] dying today,
_ _ _ So beat the [C] drum slowly [G] and play the [D] fife lowly, _ _ _
[Em] Play the [C] dead march as you carry [G]
me [D] along.
_ _ _ [G] Take me to the [C] green valley [G] and lay the sword [D] over me,
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For I'm a [C] young cowboy [D] and I know [G] I done wrong. _ _ _ _
For I'm a [C] young cowboy [D] and I know I done wrong. _ _
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