Streets of Laredo

Marty Robbins

Traditional

Key of G · Chords: I IV

Verse 1

C           G7         C          G7
As I walked out in the streets of Laredo
   C        G7     C          G7
As I walked out in Laredo one day
  C            G7         C                G7
I spied a poor cowboy all wrapped in white linen
    C                G7       C       G7  C
All wrapped in white linen as cold as the clay

Verse 2

            G7              C             G7
Oh beat the drum slowly and play the fife lowly
C              G7           C        G7
Sing the death march as you carry me along
C              G7          C                G7
Take me to the valley then lay the sod o'er me
    C                    G7        C    C G7
I'm a young cowboy and I know I've done wrong

Verse 3

              G7              C     G7
I see by your outfit that you are a cowboy
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These words he did say as I boldly walked by
C             G7            C           G7
Come sit down beside me and hear my sad story
    C           G7           C      G7   C
Got shot in the breast and I know I must die

Verse 4

                 G7           C      G7
Go fetch me some water a cool cup of water
   C               G7            C           G7
To cool my parched lips then the poor cowboy said
C        G7                  C        G7
Before I returned his spirit had left him
    C           G7        C          C G7
Had gone to his Maker the cowboy was dead

Verse 2

            G7              C             G7
Oh beat the drum slowly and play the fife lowly
C              G7           C        G7
Sing the death march as you carry me along
C              G7          C                G7
Take me to the valley then lay the sod o'er me
    C                    G7        C    C G7
I'm a young cowboy and I know I've done wrong