Chords for Johnny Cash - Streets of Laredo

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As I [A] walked out [D] on the streets of [A] Laredo,
As I [G] walked out [D] on Laredo [A] one day,
[D] I spied a [A] young cowboy [D] all wrapped in [A] white linen,
_ [D] All wrapped in [G] white linen, _ [A] as cold [D] as the glade. _ _ _
Beat the drums _ [Dm] lowly, [G] play the pipe lowly,
Play the dead march as you [E] carry me [A] along. _
[D] Take me to the Green Valley, _
[G] lay the sod o'er me,
[D] For I'm a young cowboy [A] and I know I've_
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[A] Then go write a letter [D] and [A] send it to my gray-haired mother,
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And [G] please send the same [D] to my sister [A] so dear.
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But [A] please not one word [D] of all this [A] would you mention,
_ [D] When others should [G] ask for [D] my [F#m] story to hear. _ _ _ _
_ There [A] is another [D] more dear than [A] a sister,
[D] She'll bitterly [G] weep when [D] she hears that [A] I'm gone,
[D] And if some [A] other man [D] ever wins her [A] affection, _
[D] Don't mention my [G] name [A] and my name [D] will pass on.
Just beat the drums lowly, [G] play the pipe lowly,
Play [D] the dead march [Bm] as you carry me [A] _
along.
[D] Take me to the Green Valley, _ [G] lay the sod o'er me,
For [D] I'm a young cowboy [E] and I know [D] I've done wrong.
_ _ _ _ Get six jolly [A] cowboys [D] to carry [A] my coffin,
_ [D] Get six [G] pretty maidens [D] to sing me [A] a song,
_ [D] Put bunches [A] of roses [D] all over [A] my coffin,
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Roses [G] to deaden [A] the clods when [D] they fall.
We beat the drums _ [G] lowly, played the pipe lowly,
[D] We _ bitterly wept as we [E] bore him, _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _
beat the sod o'er him,
[D] Just a young cowboy [F#m] who's surely _ [D] gone wrong. _
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