A Faded Red Ribbon

Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs

Written by Dennis Bassham

Key of C · Chords: I IV V VI

Verse 1

C
A lock of your hair and a faded red ribbon
              G7                   C
Is all I have left to remind me of you
A lock of your hair and a faded red ribbon
              G7        C            A7
Is all I have left of a love we once knew
   C          G7                     C
Is all I have left of a love we once knew

Verse 2

            F                        C
I know I mistreated you and you went away
              A7           C          G7
You found somebody new and now I must pay

Verse 3

            C
Listen here boys if you have a sweetheart
             G7                         C
Show her you love her and make her your wife
For the lock of her hair and a faded red ribbon
              G7              C            A7
Will make you unhappy for the rest of your life
     C        G7                           C
Will make you unhappy for the rest of your life

Verse 4

Listen here boys if you have a sweetheart
             G7                         C
Show her you love her and make her your wife