Cowboys Lament - Burl Ives, guitar chords


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Published: 2019-07-03 16:44
Selection chords: Sarah Harris



Tonality
F C Bb



   F
As I walked out in the streets of Laredo
                              C
As I walked out in Laredo one day
   F
I spied a young cowboy all wrapped in white linen
 F               Bb       C           F
Wrapped in white linen as cold as the clay

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

       F
It was once in the saddle I used to go dashing
                                C
Once in the saddle I used to go gay
F
First down to Rosieʼs and then to the card house
     F          Bb             C       F
Got shot in the breast and Iʼm dying today

F
Get sixteen gamblers to carry my coffin
                                   C
Get six jolly cowboys to sing me a song
F
Take me to the graveyard and lay the sod oʼer me
    F           Bb           C               F
For Iʼm a young cowboy and I know Iʼve done wrong

F
Get six jolly cowboys to carry my coffin
                                    C
Get six pretty maidens to sing me a song
F
Take me to the valley and lay the sod oʼer me
    F           Bb        C               F
For Iʼm a young cowboy, I know Iʼve done wrong

   F
Oh beat the drum slowly and play the fife lowly
                                      C
Play the Dead March as they carry me along
    F
Put bunches of roses all over my coffin
F        Bb          C            F
Roses to deaden the clods as they fall

   F
As I walked out in the streets of Laredo
                              C
As I walked out in Laredo one day
   F
I spied a young cowboy all wrapped in white linen
 F               Bb       C           F
Wrapped in white linen as cold as the clay


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