Streets Of Laredo Chords by Dave Stamey

_ _ _ _ _ As I walked [C] out _ in [G] the streets of [D] Laredo
_ _ _ [Em] As I walked [C] out _ [G] in Laredo one [D] day
_ _ _ I _ spied a young [C] cowboy all wrapped in white [D] linen _ _ _ _
[Em] All wrapped in [C] white linen _ _ and [D] cold as [G] the clay _
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I see by [C] your outfit that [G] you are a [D] cowboy
[Em] These words he did [C] say as [G] I boldly walked [D] by
[G] Come sit down [C] beside [G] me and hear my [D] sad story
[Em] For I'm a [C] young cowboy [D] and an old [G] limestone _
_ Was _ _ _ _ _ _ _ once in the [C] saddle I [G] used to go [D] gay
_ [Em] _
Once in [C] the saddle I [G] used to go [D] gay
[G] First down to [C] the courthouse [G] and then to [D] the drown house
[Em] Got shot in [C] the breast and [D] I'm dying [G] today
_ _ _ So beat the drum slowly, [C] play the five _ loli
Play [Em] the dead march as you [A] carry me [D] along
[G] Take me to the valley [C] that lay beside or me
For [G] I'm a [Em] young cowboy and [D] oh [G] I've done wrong _ _
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My friends and [C] relations [G] all live [D] in the nations
[Em] They know [C] not where the [G] young _ [D] cowboy's gone
[G] I first [C] came to Texas [G] to work for a [D] ranchman
[Em] Got shot in the [C] breast and [D] I know I've [G] done wrong _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Get six jolly [C] _ cowboys [G] to carry my [D] coffin
_ [Em] Six [C] pretty maidens [G] to sing me a [D] song
Put _ bunches of [C] roses all over [D] my coffin
_ [Em] Roses [C] to deaden the [D] clod as [G] they fall _ _
And beat the [B] drum _ slowly, [C] play the five loli
_ [G] Play the [Em] dead march as [A] you carry me [D]
along
[G] Take me to the [Em] valley that [C] lay beside or me
[G] For I'm a [Em] young cowboy [D] and oh [G] I've done wrong _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ And fetch me [C] some water, [G] a cool cup [D] of water
To soothe my [C] parched lips, [G] the cowboy [D] then said _ _
But [G] before I [C] returned [G] the spirit _ [D] had left him
[E] He'd gone to [C] his maker, [D] the cowboy [G] was dead
_ And we beat the drum slowly, [C] played the five loli
We _ bitterly [Em]
wept as [A] we bore him [D] along
[G] For we all loved our [A] comrade so [C]
brave, young and handsome
[G] We all loved [Em] our comrade [D] although he'd done [G]
wrong _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ As I [C] walked out in [G] the streets [A] of Laredo
[Em] As I walked [C] out in [G] Laredo one [D] day _ _
_ I [G] _ spied a young cowboy [G] all wrapped in [D] white linen _
_ [Em] Wrapped in [C] white linen _ and [D] cold _ [G] as the clay
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