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[Intro]
| D | - | A |
[Verse 1]
D D A D A
As I walked out on the streets of Laredo
D G D A
As I walked out on Laredo one day
D A D A
I spied a young cowboy all wrapped in white linen
D G
All wrapped in white linen,
A6 D
as cold as the clay
[Chorus]
D
Then beat the drum slowly,
G
play the Fife lowly
D E A7
Play the dead march as you carry me along
D
Take me to the green valley,
G
lay the sod o'er me
D A7 D
For I'm a young cowboy and I know I've done wrong"
[Verse 2]
D A
Then go write a letter,
D A
and send it ti my gray haired mother
D G D A
And please send the same to my sister so dear
D A D
But please not one word of all this would you mention
A D G A D
If my mother should as for my story to hear
[Verse 3]
D A D A
There is another more dear than a sister
D G D A
She'll bitterly weep when she'll hears that I'm gone
D A7 D A
And if some other man ever wins her affection
D G A D
Don't mention my name and my name will pass on"
[Chorus]
D
"Just beat the drum slowly,
G
play the Fife lowly
D E A7
Play the dead march as you carry me along
D G
Take me to the green valley,
lay the sod o'er me
D A7 D
For I'm a young cowboy and I know I've done wrong"
[Verse 4]
D A D A
Get six jolly cowboys to carry my coffin
D G D A
Get six pretty maidens to sing me a song
D A D A D
Put bunches of roses all over my coffin
G A D
Roses to deaden the clods when they fall
[Chorus]
D G
"We beat the drum slowly,
play the Fife lowly
D E A7
We bitterly wept as we bore him along
D
Down in the green valley,
G
we lay the sod o'er him
D
He was just a young cowboy,
A7 D
who surely gone
[Intro]
| D | - | A |
[Verse 1]
| D |
| - | D | A | D |
| A | D | G | D |
| A | D | A | D |
| A | D | G | A6 |
| D | - |
As I walked out on the streets of Laredo
As I walked out on Laredo one day
I spied a young cowboy all wrapped in white linen
All wrapped in white linen,
as cold as the clay
[Chorus]
| D | - |
| G | - | D | - |
| E | A7 | D | - |
| G | - | D | - |
| A7 | D | - |
Then beat the drum slowly,
play the Fife lowly
Play the dead march as you carry me along
Take me to the green valley,
lay the sod o'er me
For I'm a young cowboy and I know I've done wrong"
[Verse 2]
| D |
| A | D | A | D |
| G | D | A | D |
| A | D | A | D |
| G | A | D | - |
Then go write a letter,
and send it ti my gray haired mother
And please send the same to my sister so dear
But please not one word of all this would you mention
If my mother should as for my story to hear
[Verse 3]
| D | A | D | A |
| D | G | D | A |
| D | A7 | D | A |
| D | G | A | D |
There is another more dear than a sister
She'll bitterly weep when she'll hears that I'm gone
And if some other man ever wins her affection
Don't mention my name and my name will pass on"
[Chorus]
| D | - | G | - |
| D | - | E | A7 |
| D | - | G | - |
| D | - | A7 | D |
| - |
"Just beat the drum slowly,
play the Fife lowly
Play the dead march as you carry me along
Take me to the green valley,
lay the sod o'er me
For I'm a young cowboy and I know I've done wrong"
[Verse 4]
| D | A | D |
| A | D | G | D |
| A | D | A | D |
| A | D | G | A |
| D |
Get six jolly cowboys to carry my coffin
Get six pretty maidens to sing me a song
Put bunches of roses all over my coffin
Roses to deaden the clods when they fall
[Chorus]
| D | - | G |
| - | D | - | E |
| A7 | D | - | G |
| - | D | - | A7 |
| D |
"We beat the drum slowly,
play the Fife lowly
We bitterly wept as we bore him along
Down in the green valley,
we lay the sod o'er him
He was just a young cowboy,
who surely gone
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