The Streets Of Laredo - Marty Robbins
from the More gunfighter ballads and trail songs released 1960
A 1980 live show has M.R. playing this in E with a capo at 4, presumably to suit his voice.
Original key of album track F
Capo 5
[Chords]
C F G7
EADGBe EADGBe EADGBe
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Intro tab picked guitar line:
C F C G C C
e|-------------|-------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
B|----1---- ---|-----3-1-----|-----1--------|-----1--------|----1---------|
G|--0---0----0-|---2-----2---|---0---0----0-|---0---0----0-|---0---0----0-|
D|2-------2----|-3---------3-|-2-------3----|-2-------3----|-2-------3----|
A|-------------|-------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
E|-------------|-------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
As....
[Introduction]
C F C G C C
[Verse 1]
C G7 C G7
As I walked out in the streets of Laredo
C F C G7
As I walked out in Laredo one day
C G7 C G7
I spied a young cowboy, wrapped all in white linen
C F G7 C
Wrapped in white linen, as cold as the clay
[Verse 2]
C G7 C G7
Oh, beat the drum slowly and play the fife lowly
C F C G7
Sing the Death March as you carry me along
C G7 C G7
Take me to the valley, there lay the sod o'er me
C F G7 C
I'm a young cowboy and know I've done wrong
[Verse 3]
C G7 C G7
I see by your outfit that you are a cowboy
C F 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
C F G7 C
Got shot in the breast and I know I must die
[Verse 4]
C G7 C G7
Go fetch me some water a cool cup of water
C F 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 F G7 C
Had gone to his maker the cowboy was dead
[Verse 5]
C G7 C G7
Oh, beat the drum slowly and play the fife lowly
C F C G7
Sing the Death March as you carry me along
C G7 C G7
Take me to the valley, there lay the sod o'er me
C F G7 C
I'm a young cowboy and know I've done wrong
