The Streets Of Laredo - Michael Martin Murphey Chords

Chords: C, G7, G, Am, Dm

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Genre: country, folk, texas country

Michael Martin Murphey's arraingment of "The Streets of Laredo"

[Intro]

C G7 C G7

[Verse 1]

C G7 C G7
As I walked out on the streets of Laredo

C G C G7
As I walked out in Laredo one day

C G7 C G7
I spied a young cowboy wrapped up in white linen

Am Dm G7 C
Wrapped up in white linen and cold as the clay

[Verse 2]

C G7 C G7
"I see by your outfit that you are a cowboy."

C G C G7
These words he did say as I boldly walked by

C G7 C G7
"Come sit down beside me and hear my sad story;

Am Dm G7 C
Got shot in the breast and I know I must die!"

[Chorus]

C G7 C G7
"Oh beat the drums slowly and play the fife lowly;

C G7 C G7
Play the Death March as you carry me along

C G7 C G7
Take me to the green valley, and lay the sod o'er me

Am Dm G7 C
For I'm a young cowboy and I know I´ve done wrong."

[Verse 3]

C G7 C G7
"It was once in the saddle I used to go dashing:

C G C G7
It was once in the saddle I used to go gay

C G7 C G7
First to the dram house and then to the card house

Am Dm G7 C
Got shot in the breast and I'm dying today."

[Verse 4]

C G7 C G7
"Go gather around you a group of young cowboys

C G C G7
And tell them the story of this my sad fate

C G7 C G7
Tell one and the other before they go further

Am Dm G7 C
To stop their wild roving before it's too late."

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