xScarlet Ribbons:Harry Belafonte. Hit the top ten in 1956 on RCA. The Browns recorded it in 1959 and it went to #13. INTRO: Bb F7 Cm7 Bb #1. Bb Cm7 F7 Bb I peeked in to say good night, Cm7 F7 Cm7 Bb and I heard my child in prayer. Bb Cm7 F7 Bb And for me, some scarlet ribbons, Cm7 F7 Cm7 Bb scarlet ribbons for my hair. #2. Bb Cm7 F7 Bb All the stores were closed and shuttered, Cm7 F7 Cm7 Bb all the streets were dark and bare. Bb Cm7 F7 Bb In our town, no scarlet ribbons, Cm7 F7 Cm7 Bb scarlet ribbons for her hair. CHORUS: Bb Cm7 Bb7 Eb Through the night my heart was aching, Gm D+ Gm6 Cm7 F7 just before the dawn was break..ing.. #3. Bb Cm7 F7 Bb I peeked in, and on her bed, Cm7 F7 Cm7 Bb in gay profusion, lying there. Bb Cm7 F7 Bb lovely ribbons, scarlet ribbons, Cm7 F7 Cm7 Bb scarlet ribbons for her hair. CHORUS: Bb Cm7 Bb7 Eb Cm7 If I live to be a hundred.. Gm D+ Gm6 Cm7 F7 I will never know from where.. #4. Bb Cm7 F7 Bb Came those lovely scarlet ribbons, Cm7 F7 Cm7 F9 Bb scarlet ribbons for her hair. A fifties smash from Kraziekhat.
