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Streets
Of Laredo
Traditional, as performed by Arlo Guthrie
Capo 4
Intro: / C - - /
G - - / Am - - / G - - /
/ C -
- / F - - / C - - / G - - /
/ C -
- / G - - / Am - - / G - - /
/ C -
- / F - - / G - - / C - - / - - - /
C F
C G
As
I walked out in the streets of Laredo,
C F
C G
As
I walked out in Laredo one day,
C F C G
I
spied a poor cowboy all wrapped in white linen,
Am Dm
G C (x2)
All
wrapped in white linen as cold as the clay.
C F
C G
"I
see by your outfit that you are a cowboy,"
C F C G
These
words he did say as I proudly stepped by.
C F
C G
"Come
sit down beside me and hear my sad story,
Am Dm
G C (x2)
I'm
shot in the breast and I know I must die."
C F
C G
"'Twas
once in the saddle I used to go dashing,
C F
C G
Was
once in the saddle I used to go gay,
C F C
G
First
led to drinkin', and then to card playin',
Am Dm
G C (x2)
Got
shot in the breast and I'm dying today."
C F
C G
"Get
six jolly cowboys to carry my coffin,
C F
C G
Get
six pretty gals come to carry my pall.
C F
C G
Throw
bunches of roses all over my coffin,
Am Dm G C (x2)
Roses
to deaden the clods as they fall."
C F
C G
"Oh,
beat the drum slowly and play the fife lowly,
C F C G
Play
the dead march as you carry me along.
C F
C G
Take
me to the green valley and lay the earth o'er me,
Am Dm
G C (x2)
For
I'm a poor cowboy and I know I've done wrong."
C F
C G
We
beat the drum slowly and played the fife lowly,
C F
C G
And
bitterly wept as we carried him along.
C
F C G
For
we all loved our comrade, so brave young and handsome,
Am Dm
G C (x2)
We
all loved our comrade although he'd done wrong.
Repeat
Intro, end on first beat of final C chord
Intro:
This file is the author's own work and represents his interpretation of this song. It's intended solely for private study, scholarship or research.
