Chords for Ed Bruce - Streets of Laredo

_ As I [A] walked out in the [Bm] streets of [A] Laredo,
[Bm] As I [G] walked out in [D] Laredo,
[A] _ _ [D] I spied a young cowboy all [Bm] wrapped in [A] white linen,
[Bm] wrapped [G] in white linen [A] and cold [D] as the clay.
_ [A] _ _ [D] _
_ The drums slowly [G] play the pipe lowly, _
[D] play the [A] death march [E] as they carry me [A] along.
[D] Take me to the green valley, _
[G] take me to the green valley,
for _ _
[D] I'm a young cowboy [A] and I know I've [D] done wrong. _
_ _ Get me [C#m] six strong [A] cowboys to [B] carry [A] my coffin.
Get [B] six [G] pretty girls to [D] sing me a love [A] song.
_ [D] Have a shot of [A] rye whiskey, then [B] say some [A] words o'er me.
_ _ [Bm] Then get six [G] white horses [A] to carry me [D] home.
_ _ [G] _ _
[D] _ The drums slowly [G] play the pipe lowly,
[D] play the death march [E] as they carry me [A] along.
Take [D] me to the green valley,
[G] please lay the song o'er me,
[D] for I'm a young cowboy [A] and I know I've done [D] _ _ _
_ wrong.
I can see [A] by your outfit [Bm] that you [A] are a cowboy,
_ [D] he whispered [G] to me as [D] I knelt by [A] his side.
[D] A cool [A] drink of water [Bm] to soothe my [A] heart's bliss,
for [D] I've loved all the [G] life that [A] I've lived,
[D] then he died.
_ Beat [G] the drums _ slowly,
play the pipe lowly,
_ play the death march [Bm] as they carry me [A] along.
[D] Take me to the green _ [G] valley,
please lay the song o'er me,
[D] for I'm a young cowboy [A] and I know I've [D] done wrong.
_ _ [N] _ _